On Jul 13, 10:07 pm, Bruce Hoult <bruce.ho...@gmail.com> wrote: On Jul 14, 2:52 pm, Kevin Christner <kevin.christ...@gmail.com> wrote: Can anyone tell me if they've had an actual rope break below ~200 or even ~400ft. I have never, ever heard of one. I had a rope break 12 days ago. The glider moved about 50 ft before coming to rest. I've seen several similar breaks over
On Jul 13, 9:52 pm, Kevin Christner <kevin.christ...@gmail.com> wrote: On Jul 11, 5:38 pm, rocketsientist...@yahoo.com wrote: On July 7, 2011 at Nowy Targ in southern Poland, glider Puchacz crashed during training flight 2/3 mile from the airport. The instructor (~64-67) and the student pilot (~18-19) are dead. It was a tow rope brake practice flight with down wind turn for
On Jul 11, 5:38 pm, rocketsientist...@yahoo.com wrote: On July 7, 2011 at Nowy Targ in southern Poland, glider Puchacz crashed during training flight 2/3 mile from the airport. The instructor (~64-67) and the student pilot (~18-19) are dead. It was a tow rope brake practice flight with down wind turn for down wind landing from about 130-150 m of altitude (400 feet). What can we learn
On Jul 12, 12:03 pm, Papa3 <pap...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: On Jul 12, 11:10 am, Berry <berr...@auburn.edu> wrote: Andy The pilot that was fatally injured was reportedly a CFIG. The pilot that was seriously injured was a glider DPE. It's been reported that it was gusty. The commercial operation was in its first year of operation
