Two PA fatalities in 2 wks.

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Follow the links to news of two fatals in Centre Co., PA in the last 2
weeks.


http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2007/07/glider-crash-deadly

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/152651.html

Be careful guys and gals.

Gary Adams
"GE8"

[Bob Greenblatt]

And both are G102s. Coincidence?

[Nick Olson[_2_]]

At 18:06 16 July 2007, Bob Greenblatt wrote:
>And both are G102s. Coincidence?
>
>

Actually it states one is a Speed Astir 11 - A Grob
G104 - a minor irrelevance considering the circumstances.

Both Grobs I suppose - but then how many people died
driving Fords in the past two weeks?

[Kloudy via AviationKB.com]

Bob Greenblatt wrote:
> Coincidence?

Most likely.

But ya never know.

'til ya know.

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[Dan G]

On Jul 16, 5:16 pm, wrote:
> Follow the links to news of two fatals in Centre Co., PA in the last 2
> weeks.
>
> http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2007/07/glider-crash-deadly

NTSB prelim is due this week on that one.


Dan

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On Jul 16, 2:39?pm, Dan G > wrote:
> On Jul 16, 5:16 pm, wrote:
>
> > Follow the links to news of two fatals in Centre Co., PA in the last 2
> > weeks.
>
> >http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2007/07/glider-crash-deadly
>
> NTSB prelim is due this week on that one.
>
> Dan

>From Tom Knauff's email this morning:

>Witnesses report the 65 year old pilot of a Grob 102 made a normal turn onto >the base leg then nosed straight down into the forest.

>Initial reports by the FAA inspector indicate there was nothing wrong with the >glider.

>Thomas Knauff

Gary

[Bullwinkle]

On 7/16/07 12:04 PM, in article , "Bob
Greenblatt" > wrote:

> And both are G102s. Coincidence?
>
Yes.

This is the kind of random event pair that tabloid news services (Fox News,
for example) or your typical ill-informed government agency (all of them,
basically) will try to make into some dangerous pattern.

But, statistically speaking, this isn't even a cluster.

My sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased. We had a fatal
accident where I fly a few months ago, and it's a really hard thing to deal
with. Still having repercussions.

Just be careful out there,
Bullwinkle

[Nick Olson]

At 02:12 17 July 2007, Bullwinkle wrote:
>On 7/16/07 12:04 PM, in article ,
>'Bob
>Greenblatt' wrote:
>
>> And both are G102s. Coincidence?
>>
>Yes.
>
>This is the kind of random event pair that tabloid
>news services (Fox News,
>for example) or your typical ill-informed government
>agency (all of them,
>basically) will try to make into some dangerous pattern.
>
>But, statistically speaking, this isn't even a cluster.
>
>My sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased.
>We had a fatal
>accident where I fly a few months ago, and it's a really
>hard thing to deal
>with. Still having repercussions.
>
>Just be careful out there,
>Bullwinkle

Except they weren't BOTH G102's!!!!. (If the news reports
are corect the one is a Speed Astir 11, which is a
G104).

[Bruce]

Nick Olson wrote:
> At 02:12 17 July 2007, Bullwinkle wrote:
>> On 7/16/07 12:04 PM, in article ,
>> 'Bob
>> Greenblatt' wrote:
>>
>>> And both are G102s. Coincidence?
>>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> This is the kind of random event pair that tabloid
>> news services (Fox News,
>> for example) or your typical ill-informed government
>> agency (all of them,
>> basically) will try to make into some dangerous pattern.
>>
>> But, statistically speaking, this isn't even a cluster.
>>
>> My sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased.
>> We had a fatal
>> accident where I fly a few months ago, and it's a really
>> hard thing to deal
>> with. Still having repercussions.
>>
>> Just be careful out there,
>> Bullwinkle
>
> Except they weren't BOTH G102's!!!!. (If the news reports
> are corect the one is a Speed Astir 11, which is a
> G104).
>
>
Still two too many deaths.

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Talking about clusters, last year, if memory serves, there were two
fatalities involving Scheibe motorgliders, within less than a month of
each other.