Proper mid-air attempted ribbon cutting crash etiquette
Hello all,
This evening I was attempting to do some ribbon cutting and as the subject implies, it ended in me running into the guy pulling the ribbon. He put a ribbon on and said to try and cut it. I successfully cut it 2 times, and hit it 2 more. Then the 5th time while way out a ways up and to the left I swung up for the ribbon and magically was lined up perfectly with....the plane....we got stuck together for a bit and when about 30 feet from the ground we broke loose. I pulled back and successfully made a pretty lucky landing on top of some corn. The other guy who I hit wasn't so lucky and didn't pull out of the dive. His plane was damaged quite a bit, as he went straight in. So my question....what is the proper etiquette when accidentally hitting someone while attempting to cut their ribbon? Am I supposed to pay for their plane or is it considered part of ribbon cutting?
Thanks much for your opinions.