Centurion wrote:
Mark Zivley wrote:


The increasing number of self launching and sustaining powered gliders
means there is more chance of a post crash fire fed by the gas on board
and then thereafter by the composites and other materials.


A very good point. Thanks.

The possibility is there, but I don't know of any gliders that have
burned after crashing. Does anyone know someone that had a post-crash fire?

I do know of at least a couple gliders that caught on fire on the ramp
due to the canopy, and some electrical fires in the air, but none from a
crash. I think there was 2-22 or 2-33 that ignited the skid during a
landing, and at least started smoking. True?

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