While speaking to a Stephan Thomas, the off shore webby of SSSA website, he pointed me to an article on the web about a small jet and a glider collision recently. http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/NEWS15/608290365/1002

Everybody survived and by all standards, if you can walk away from such accidents and tell the story you are lucky. It is apparent that there was a fair share of good airmanship involved and both pilots followed the correct procedures as they handled the difficult situations. One cannot help to wonder if it would have been avoided if the glider was fitted with a transponder or had some device so that the jet would pick it up.

If the whole transponder thing would go through who is going to pocket all the transponder sales? And what will the future be of gliding because of the airspace issues with other aircraft? Those are questions that will also be answered in the not so remote future. If you have a chance to fly a glider, make very good use of every opportunity and enjoy it!