Perhaps Tony Burton can provide more information. As I recall, he did an
illustration for the magazine story.

"Sid Wood" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
Read a story in the Soaring Association of Canada's magazine (Free Flight)
a
few years back (1983?). It involved a bailout from an HP-14 after the
controls became jammed by something falling into the stick pivot
mechanism.
The pilot landed in a river and was almost drowned by the parachute when
the
shroud lines became entangled in the canopy release wire which had pierced
his (her?) hand.


"John Shelton" wrote in message
link.net...
Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have been contacted by a television production company creating a
series
on adventure sports. They were very impressed with the crappy media I
gave
them about soaring and would like to include an "expedition" if we can
meet
their parameters.

It is Friday afternoon and I have until Monday to come up with
something.

So, put on your thinking hats: Do you know of an expedition (they call
it)
conducted with a sailplane that went wrong and resulted in a survival
situation? It will be re-enacted. I have the actors. I have the
sailplanes.
I will get the camera ship.

I need the story.

This will not be someone losing their yaw string and having to hitchhike
to
a dress shop. It will not be JJ landing at a whorehouse with no money on
him. We are talking SURVIVAL. They will probably want to shoot in the US
but
I did not ask if the story had to be an American story.

I wish I was getting paid but I am not. On the other hand, the actors
will.

So either come up with an adventure or go out this weekend, land out in
a
frozen wasteland, survive by eating your parachute, hike out to
civilization, loose two fingers to frostbite and come home a wiser man
or
woman. (Do women get wiser or is that just they are?)

Thank you. And be quick.