I am very familiar with this particlar glider, having flown it many
times in Tehachapi, CA. It was a wonderful flying glider but assembly
is difficult and heavy.

The accident had several causes but according to what I hear it was
mostly a classic case of "gottaflyititus."

The new owners did not read the manual or instruction sheet when they
assembled it (for the first time), didn't look at the video tape that
they made in Tehachapi, couldn't wait for a local Caproni owner to come
help with the first time assembly, couldn't wait for the proper tow
plane, screwed in the wing connection from the top of the wing, and
screwed it out from the bottom.

BTW, we towed it with a Pawnee in Tehachapi.

wrote:
Another glider pilot just sent me this link which show a Caproni's wing
come off on launch due to improper assembly.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...D=16260 18608

It's a good reminder, especially given the NTSB report:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...01X01062&key=1

Fly safely!

Martin