From FAA website: http://www2.faa.gov/avr/aai/B_1017_Y.txt

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: UNK Make/Model: GLID Description: GLIDER
Date: 10/16/2003 Time: 1800

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
City: FLOYD State: VA Country: US

DESCRIPTION
GLIDER OF UNKNOWN REGISTRY CRASHED IN A FIELD, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS
FATALLY INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, KYLE WEEKS ROAD/UNION
SCHOOL ROAD, FLOYD COUNTY, VA

Dan

Maybe an accident ground towing a homebuilt ----

http://www.floydcountyinview.com/

BJ

Dan wrote:
>
> From FAA website: http://www2.faa.gov/avr/aai/B_1017_Y.txt
>
> IDENTIFICATION
> Regis#: UNK Make/Model: GLID Description: GLIDER
> Date: 10/16/2003 Time: 1800
>
> Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
> Damage: Unknown
>
> LOCATION
> City: FLOYD State: VA Country: US
>
> DESCRIPTION
> GLIDER OF UNKNOWN REGISTRY CRASHED IN A FIELD, ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS
> FATALLY INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, KYLE WEEKS ROAD/UNION
> SCHOOL ROAD, FLOYD COUNTY, VA
>
> Dan

Try this link.

http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TFP%2FMGArticle%2FTFP_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031771684840&path=!frontpage

A wonderful tribute to an excellent man and his fine family. We're all so much poorer now.

Thanks Wanda and Dan

BJ

Dan Babcock wrote:

> Try this link.
>
> http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TFP%2FMGArticle%2FTFP_BasicArti cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031771684840&path=!frontpage

What sort of glider was it? First flight?



At 18:42 28 October 2003, Bob Johnson wrote:
>A wonderful tribute to an excellent man and his fine
>family. We're all so much poorer now.
>
>Thanks Wanda and Dan
>
>BJ
>
>Dan Babcock wrote:
>
>> Try this link.
>>
>> http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TFP%2FMGArti
>>>cle%2FTFP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031771684840&path=!frontpa
ge
>
>

How much experience did the pilot have?


"Stewart Kissel" > wrote in
message ...
What sort of glider was it? First flight?



At 18:42 28 October 2003, Bob Johnson wrote:
>A wonderful tribute to an excellent man and his fine
>family. We're all so much poorer now.
>
>Thanks Wanda and Dan
>
>BJ
>
>Dan Babcock wrote:
>
>> Try this link.
>>
>> http://www.floydpress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TFP%2FMGArti
>>>cle%2FTFP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031771684840&path=!frontpa
ge
>
>