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Tom Kelley #711
May 9th 18, 04:13 PM
Information by competition management
Dienstag, 8. Mai 2018 - 19:01 Uhr

On the fourth day of the HWW18 an accident occurred near the Lochenstein south of Balingen. At 5.20 p.m. there has been a mid-air between double and single-seater. All three pilots were able to leave the aircraft with the rescue parachute. Afterwards, they were taken to a hospital for observation as a precaution, but they were able to leave already in the early evening.

The competition management decided to let the participants finish their tasks despite the accident to avoid a possible risk due to the expected high approach frequence after the race cancellation.

Best. Tom. #711.

May 9th 18, 08:30 PM
"near the Lochenstein south of Balingen, mid-air between double and single-seater"

ACHTUNG, FLARM was mandatory
more details about mid-air between double and single-seater...

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=210667

http://www.wettbewerb.wolf-hirth.de/

FLARM was mandatory....
http://www.wettbewerb.wolf-hirth.de/Media/Ausfuehrung-2018-en-04_2.pdf

I can't translate, all I know is "achtung".
https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.balingen-messstetten-unfall-segelflugzeuge-stossen-zusammen.80077314-1b55-4a5b-ba5a-20c6a978bb93.html

Andy Blackburn[_3_]
May 9th 18, 11:45 PM
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 12:30:12 PM UTC-7, wrote:
> "near the Lochenstein south of Balingen, mid-air between double and single-seater"
>
> ACHTUNG, FLARM was mandatory
> more details about mid-air between double and single-seater...
>
> https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=210667
>
> http://www.wettbewerb.wolf-hirth.de/
>
> FLARM was mandatory....
> http://www.wettbewerb.wolf-hirth.de/Media/Ausfuehrung-2018-en-04_2.pdf
>
> I can't translate, all I know is "achtung".
> https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.balingen-messstetten-unfall-segelflugzeuge-stossen-zusammen.80077314-1b55-4a5b-ba5a-20c6a978bb93.html


Yikes! Any kids on the jungle gym must've been surprised to have an Arcus land at their feet.

Andy Blackburn

Bob Kuykendall
May 10th 18, 12:39 AM
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 3:45:09 PM UTC-7, Andy Blackburn wrote:
> Yikes! Any kids on the jungle gym must've been surprised to have an Arcus land at their feet.


If it was a Discus, that would have just been another phys ed track & field session.

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