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Marko Milutinović on being the victim of not one, but two mid-air collisions

One of the unluckiest – or luckiest – pilots in the Europeans was Serbia’s Marko Milutinović, 40, who, through no fault of his, was hit from above by another pilot and ended up throwing his reserve. Remarkably, the exact same thing had happened to him one year before, while he was flying in the World Championships in France in May 2023. We tracked him down on launch in Pegalajar the day after his reserve ride to hear his story.

Marko, we’re glad you safe. Tell us first what happened last year at the World Championships

I was sort of expecting something like it at...