Off Field Landing in 2-33 on video

[nimbus[_2_]]

http://www.gadling.com/2012/07/13/video-a-crash-landing-from-the-pilots-point-of-view/

Gets the old heart pumping.

[Bob Kuykendall]

On Jul 13, 11:00*am, nimbus > wrote:
> http://www.gadling.com/2012/07/13/video-a-crash-landing-from-the-pilo...
>
> Gets the old heart pumping.

Looked like a 1-26 to me...

[kirk.stant]

On Friday, July 13, 2012 1:00:14 PM UTC-5, nimbus wrote:
> http://www.gadling.com/2012/07/13/video-a-crash-landing-from-the-pilots-point-of-view/
>
> Gets the old heart pumping.

It's a 1-26, actually.

A 2-33 (with its high wing) would have probably missed the mailboxes!

Glad the pilot is OK, and a shame to lose another 1-26...

Kirk
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[Wallace Berry[_2_]]

In article >,
nimbus > wrote:

> http://www.gadling.com/2012/07/13/video-a-crash-landing-from-the-pilots-point-
> of-view/
>
> Gets the old heart pumping.

Was the video playing at higher than actual speed? The approach looked
way fast for a 1-26.

[Liam]

On Jul 13, 1:32*pm, Wallace Berry > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *nimbus > wrote:
> >http://www.gadling.com/2012/07/13/video-a-crash-landing-from-the-pilo...
> > of-view/
>
> > Gets the old heart pumping.
>
> Was the video playing at higher than actual speed? The approach looked
> way fast for a 1-26.

He was landing downwind and downhill.

[bumper[_4_]]

On Friday, July 13, 2012 2:34:27 PM UTC-7, Liam wrote:
> He was landing downwind and downhill.


Is this an example of picking the toughest spot to set 'er down just 'cause you love a challenge?

bumper

[[email protected]]

I was emailed by Larry that he had a crew from Good Morning America at his house. Might be shown beginning of next week. Let's hope that this somehow will cast our sport in a positive light...I don't know how it could. Wish GMA featured the beauty and challenge of soaring and not a crash. Fingers crossed that Larry pulls off a hat trick and can portray our sport in a good way.

Bruno - B4

[Tony[_5_]]

On Saturday, July 14, 2012 10:19:15 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> I was emailed by Larry that he had a crew from Good Morning America at his house. Might be shown beginning of next week. Let's hope that this somehow will cast our sport in a positive light...I don't know how it could. Wish GMA featured the beauty and challenge of soaring and not a crash. Fingers crossed that Larry pulls off a hat trick and can portray our sport in a good way.
>
> Bruno - B4

too bad he didn't just shut the door

[son_of_flubber]

On Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:24:11 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:

> too bad he didn't just shut the door

I would be very unhappy to see this video if my kids rode their bikes around a similar subdivision.

[Frank Whiteley]

On Saturday, July 14, 2012 9:19:15 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> I was emailed by Larry that he had a crew from Good Morning America at his house. Might be shown beginning of next week. Let's hope that this somehow will cast our sport in a positive light...I don't know how it could. Wish GMA featured the beauty and challenge of soaring and not a crash. Fingers crossed that Larry pulls off a hat trick and can portray our sport in a good way.
>
> Bruno - B4

If you connect again, tell him to suggest the GMA visit Uvalde for the WGC;^)

Frank Whiteley
PS: This video was used at our soaring seminar earlier this year during a talk by A8 about land outs and having a plan.

[Walt Connelly]

We've all heard the old saying that "any exposure is good exposure." Not sure it applies here but if handled correctly it might be beneficial. Problem is that anything positive said by the interviewee will be subject to editing by GMA.
They are more interested in the sensationalism.

What's really amazing is that an event as outstanding as the World Championships might not be thought of as news worthy here in the states. You know it will be heavily covered by the European press. We need to convince the American media that something like this is worthy of national exposure. Our media volunteers have a big task ahead of them, I'm sure a few of them are up to the task.

Walt

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:07:09 +0000, Walt Connelly wrote:

> What's really amazing is that an event as outstanding as the World
> Championships might not be thought of as news worthy here in the states.
>
This attitude is very obvious to visitors to your shores: as far as the
US mass media is concerned, if it didn't happen within the continental
USA it isn't news, give or take a few stories about Israel or US troops.

I've never forgotten watching the main ABC evening news in LA some years
back. It was a 60 minute slot, but only the first ten minutes were an
approximation to real news: 4 in-city stories that might get on local
news (one was a mom-and-pop store fire in Ventura) here plus a DC
political story that was covered like it was foreign news. That was it:
the rest of the 50 minutes was sport.


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

[Scott Alexander[_2_]]

> > Was the video playing at higher than actual speed? The approach looked
> > way fast for a 1-26.
>
> He was landing downwind and downhill.

It was obviously played faster than real time. Watch how fast he
opens up the canopy at the end of the video. Looks to me in about 1.5
times the speed

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Larry contacted me again and said he decided to NOT do the interview with GMA. I agree it was a good decision as it would not likely be favorable for our sport. That says a lot about his character to not take his minute of fame so he doesn't possibly hurt the image of soaring. :)

Bruno - B4

[tstock]

On Sunday, July 15, 2012 7:03:13 PM UTC-4, Scott Alexander wrote:
> > > Was the video playing at higher than actual speed? The approach looked
> > > way fast for a 1-26.
> >
> > He was landing downwind and downhill.
>
> It was obviously played faster than real time. Watch how fast he
> opens up the canopy at the end of the video. Looks to me in about 1.5
> times the speed

Pretty sure it's actual speed... I am sure he was suffering from a mad adrenaline rush. Personally, I am happy that he did not clip the tree that he was DARN close to, and did not try to head off into the field which was probably way too short to stop ... but I *think* he should have set it down hard and applied full breaks and nose down instead of trying for a nice smooth landing... but then again it was not my A-- in that plane so it really doesn't matter! I know he's ok and the plane will fly again after some repairs, and nobody was hurt. I also know he was brave enough to share his video and accept responsibility for his actions whether good or bad, so I have nothing bad to say. We are all human!

[914Driver]

A little traffic could have made for a VERY bad day.