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Old November 10th 10, 04:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Karen
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Default Glider pilot tries & dies (flying under a bridge)

As kids we watched in awe, the ag pilots flying under the power lines.
Decided not to try it in a SGS 2-22 when we saw him then pull up steep
to miss the tall fence on the other side of the road, do a wing-over,
then repeat it in the opposite direction.

Over-confidence can kill you even when you are 53 and should know
better.

Michael

Here is a glider pilot trying something even more stupid:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w...11/2010_121004

Here is a picture of the bridge in Greece:

http://www.upload.wikimedia.org/wiki...C_Gre ece.jpg