Piper cub is highwing the Cherokee Piper 161 is low wing. If the cub is ascending and the Cherokee is descending they can’t see each other. Or it could be the sun. Could be distraction inside the cockpit while both drinking around the lake. A lot of things could have happened.
I meant dinking not drinking
....very sad story....my thoughts and prayers out to all...I have a number of hours in the J-3 series of “Cubs” - the pilot actually sits in the rear seat of that two-seater, the passenger in the front...visibility is not the best...and it is loud and mostly uncomfortable to fly in...but it was and is a classic airplane, for sure...
I’m surprised modern planes still have blind spots. I’ve been on buses over a decade ago that had video cameras in the blind spots, so the driver could see what was there on TV monitors.
“Piper cub is highwing the Cherokee Piper 161 is low wing. If the cub is ascending and the Cherokee is descending they can’t see each other.”
How about a Pitts or other biplane. Blind in all directions ... Has to fly IFR at all times lol
Sorry the collision happened