Oh man I feel sorry for both the new guys that have lost their planes and I aslo feel sorry for the instructors they must feel awful. I have never had to worry about other planes in the air as I used to fly at a private field and their was only ever 3 of us that used the field. Unfortunately my friend and old instructor that owned the field lost his fight against prostate cancer last year.
here is a picture of the field they were the good old days. the runway is that B shaped area. so much open space and the freedom to fly where we wanted.