retired WWII glider pilot Lt. Col. Al Hulstrunk noted that "You would think you were in a popcorn machine — you would hear pop, pop, pop, and you would say, 'Oh, they are shooting at us.' ...

An RAF transport plane and privately operated glider narrowly avoided crashing into ... III transport plane headed to land at the US Air Force base of RAF Mildenhall on 17 July 2024.