Glider gets eaten by cows

[nimbus[_2_]]

Now we know why not to land out in a field loaded with cows.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=488_1384997877

[nimbus[_2_]]

On Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:52:42 PM UTC-8, nimbus wrote:
> Now we know why not to land out in a field loaded with cows.
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> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=488_1384997877

Anyone got any stories to share?

[JS]

Cows think that if it's white, it's a salt lick.
Great fun. The best thing to happen to drones since their invention!
Jim

[Tony[_5_]]

at a talk about landouts at one of the first SSA conventions I attended (Memphis I think), George Moffat said that waving a sectional seemed to do a good job of scaring cows away. He did not know if waving a PDA at them would have the same effect. I've also heard that breaking the squelch on the radio and cranking up the volume is a good way to keep livestock away.

[Ralph Jones[_3_]]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:54:23 -0800 (PST), nimbus >
wrote:

>On Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:52:42 PM UTC-8, nimbus wrote:
>> Now we know why not to land out in a field loaded with cows.
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>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=488_1384997877
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>Anyone got any stories to share?

Field with cows in it? Not the best, but you can deal with it.

Field with ONE cow in it? No. That's not a cow.

[Bob Whelan[_3_]]

On 11/21/2013 6:10 PM, JS wrote:
> Cows think that if it's white, it's a salt lick.
> Great fun. The best thing to happen to drones since their invention!
> Jim
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Ha ha ha!

I'm not a rancher nor have I ever played one on TV, but I've been around
enough cows to know they're a humorous mixture of curiosity and caution
(fear?). If you happen to (say) land out in a field to which cows have access,
or happen to walk through a pasture full of them, assuming they're not range
cattle - which generally don't wanna have anything to do with humans - they'll
likely begin following you, coming closer over distance and time until you're
convinced they're within eating distance of your back. If you stop, they'll
stop. If you turn around to look at 'em, they'll recoil in sudden alarm as if
they suddenly realize they're no longer invisible! Very humorous. Continue
walking (without looking at 'em) and they'll resume following you until their
curiosity is satisfied.

All bets are off if any happen to be bulls...

As to protection of your sailplane, assume the worst if you don't remain there
to "look the cows off". Curiosity (and poundage) will triumph.

Bob W.

[Richard Brisbourne[_2_]]

Been there. Had a canopy smashed and a parachute (used as a
wing tip weight pulled) while I was in the pub waiting for crew.

No, I didn't abandon the glider when there were cows in the field,
or even the next field, it's just that all the gates were open. Lesson
learned.......

You can chase cows away from a glider by just waving your arms
and running at them, but the problem is they can approach from all
sides. It's also clear from the way they react to you they know
you are from the city, and take the p***.

One more tip- when you come to de-rig and have crew available
push the glider into a corner so it's easy to defend, also park the
car where it blocks and distract them. They'll lick the paintwork
and it will smell a bit afterwards but you can clean it up.

[Don Johnstone[_4_]]

At 03:28 22 November 2013, Bob Whelan wrote:
>On 11/21/2013 6:10 PM, JS wrote:
>> Cows think that if it's white, it's a salt lick.
>> Great fun. The best thing to happen to drones since their invention!
>> Jim
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>Ha ha ha!
>
>I'm not a rancher nor have I ever played one on TV, but I've been around
>enough cows to know they're a humorous mixture of curiosity and caution
>(fear?). If you happen to (say) land out in a field to which cows have
>access,
>or happen to walk through a pasture full of them, assuming they're not
>range
>cattle - which generally don't wanna have anything to do with humans -
>they'll
>likely begin following you, coming closer over distance and time until
>you're
>convinced they're within eating distance of your back. If you stop,
they'll
>
>stop. If you turn around to look at 'em, they'll recoil in sudden alarm
as
>if
>they suddenly realize they're no longer invisible! Very humorous. Continue

>walking (without looking at 'em) and they'll resume following you until
>their
>curiosity is satisfied.
>
>All bets are off if any happen to be bulls...
>
>As to protection of your sailplane, assume the worst if you don't remain
>there
>to "look the cows off". Curiosity (and poundage) will triumph.
>
>Bob W.

Was a problem when gliders were made of wood and doped fabric. Cows would
lick the fabric until they destroyed it, they liked the dope apparently

[son_of_flubber]

On Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:52:42 PM UTC-5, nimbus wrote:
> Now we know why not to land out in a field loaded with cows.

Those bovine beauties in the video are heifers, not cows.

If you're within final glide of Ben and Jerry's original ice cream factory, an enclosed area containing quadrupeds (heifers, cows, horses, llamas, sheep) is a pasture (not a field), and likely to be steep, irregular, and boulder-ed. If the field contains a herd of bipeds, it is probably a soccer field.

[Wallace Berry[_2_]]

In article >,
nimbus > wrote:

> On Thursday, November 21, 2013 3:52:42 PM UTC-8, nimbus wrote:
> > Now we know why not to land out in a field loaded with cows.
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> > http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=488_1384997877
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> Anyone got any stories to share?

Well, there is the story about the PW-5 and the amorous bull...

FP, you want to chime in?

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[Chris Nicholas[_2_]]

And another thing – don’t leave your car near them if it has been recently resprayed. My syndicate partner did, while he left it to come searching for me in the farmhouse. When we got back, it was down to the primer.

Chris N

[waremark]

On Thursday, 21 November 2013 23:52:42 UTC, nimbus wrote:
> Now we know why not to land out in a field loaded with cows.
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> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=488_1384997877

I bet you all saw the Thomas Crown affair (Pierce Brosnan version). When the Duo landed in a field full of cows I explained to all my companions what a bad idea that was, and that he would not have been so relaxed about it. But presumably there was a large film crew to keep the cows off the glider. If I remember rightly (which may not be the case!) we did not see what happened next - he pulled out a mobile phone after they got out of the glider, and the next thing we saw they were in a private jet.

[Martin Sanderse]

At York Soaring in Canada, if you land short on 32 you're in the field with
the bulls from the Portugese bullring south of the field. I've got an
aluminum plane painted red, ant it was on my mind when low on final one
aday after arriving dehydrated and low on sugar one day, making some poor
decisions . . . . .

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2009/07/26/portuguese_bull_runs_becoming_an_ontario_fixture.h tml

AGL




At 18:48 22 November 2013, Chris Nicholas wrote:
>And another thing =96 don=92t leave your car near them if it has been
>recen=
>tly resprayed. My syndicate partner did, while he left it to come
>searching=
> for me in the farmhouse. When we got back, it was down to the primer.
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>Chris N
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[Martin Sanderse]

At York Soaring in Canada, if you land short on 32 you're in the field with
the bulls from the Portugese bullring south of the field. I've got an
aluminum plane painted red, ant it was on my mind when low on final one
aday after arriving dehydrated and low on sugar one day, making some poor
decisions . . . . .

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2009/07/26/portuguese_bull_runs_becoming_an_ontario_fixture.h tml

AGL




At 18:48 22 November 2013, Chris Nicholas wrote:
>And another thing =96 don=92t leave your car near them if it has been
>recen=
>tly resprayed. My syndicate partner did, while he left it to come
>searching=
> for me in the farmhouse. When we got back, it was down to the primer.
>
>Chris N
>=20
>
>

[Echo]

On Friday, November 22, 2013 12:09:03 PM UTC-6, WB wrote:
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Ahh beat me to it. FP's account alone is finally the proof I need to backup my statement that the PW5 looks like a cow.

[RRK]

On Saturday, November 23, 2013 8:13:15 PM UTC-5, Echo wrote:
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> Ahh beat me to it. FP's account alone is finally the proof I need to backup my statement that the PW5 looks like a cow.

Not at all. It proofs that PW-5 looks like a cow... only to the Bull.

[RRK]

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> Ahh beat me to it. FP's account alone is finally the proof I need to backup my statement that the PW5 looks like a cow.



It looks like a cow, only to the Bull.

[GM]

On Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:52:42 PM UTC-5, nimbus wrote:
> Now we know why not to land out in a field loaded with cows.
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> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=488_1384997877

Got to love the title of the news-feed: Drone vs. Cow
So now every 'Almost Ready To Fly' model airplane out of the box becomes a 'Drone' just because it can carry a miniature camera? Made me chuckle ....