On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:50:47 -0700 (PDT), Andy
wrote:


A low energy final glide should be evident long before reaching either
the finish cylinder or one mile from a finish line. If there is no
lift and a marginal glide to the airport the choice is to either land
out or try to get over the fence.

Sounds simple in theory, but seems to be harder in reality.

A typical accident report can be found he
http://www.bfu-web.de/cln_005/nn_223...tar3_Sdier.pdf

Even for the non-German speaking readers of this newsgroup the
flightpath plot should make fascinating reading - the pilot tried to
follow his team mates who happened to be 100 ft higher.

Fortunately in this case the pilot was only slightly injured.

Cheers
Andreas