On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:17:14 GMT, "Bill Daniels"
wrote:


"Stefan" wrote in message
...
Mark James Boyd wrote:

Have there been any actual airplane-glider midairs in the UK
that weren't takeoff/landing related (within 4 miles of the airport)?

I don't know for the UK, but there was one in France in 1999.

http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/1999/f-...f-xb990212.pdf

Miraculously nobody was injured, but the result is that another piece of
airspace has been changed from class E to class D.

Stefan


Some years ago a pilot was taking his young son for a ride in a 2-32. There
was a BANG and the 2-32 was knocked into a spin. After recovery, nothing
seemed amiss. Later on landing one wing wheel assembly was missing. The
missing wing wheel assembly was found imbedded in the leading edge of an F4
at the local AFB.

That would be Donn Shearn, in 1975. The F4 was being vectored onto the
COS localizer, slow, nose up, pilot seat cranked down behind the
glareshield, and the pilot never knew he'd hit anything until a ground
crewman ponted to the wheel as he taxied in.

A busload of Air Force officers arrived at BFGP two days later to
investigate, and the first thing they saw was CSA's 1-34, N1171S,
crashing in the trees at the north end. I watched that one too...worst
case of thought processes stopping under pressure you could imagine.
The guy hit thirty feet up a tree a good 200 yards short of the
runway, with at least 3/4 spoiler on.

Anyway, the gubmint finally wrote a check for $94 to replace the wheel
three years later.

rj