On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 7:22:09 PM UTC-5, wrote:
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On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 7:18:35 PM UTC-4, Renny wrote:

On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 2:59:19 PM UTC-6, BobW wrote:



Per the FAA preliminary accident/incident reports, during practice there was a







minor mid-air (if there can be such a thing for the pilots involved!) between







a JS-1A and a Ventus-2c. Happened July 31; reported August 2.















Both gliders returned to Uvalde; damage to both listed as minor; no injuries.















I haven't come across any reports of this on any of the WGC sites I've looked







at. Can any RAS readers throw some light on the circumstances? PFlarms in use?







Thermalling? Etc...















Thanks if you can/do!















Bob - just curious - W.







Bob,



There was a mention of this toward the bottom of the "Soaring Cafe" article by Ritz on Day 5 of the practice. It appeared on Aug 1 and can be found in the next to last paragraph. Here's the URL:







http://soaringcafe.com/2012/08/sorry...while-working/







I never saw anything else on this mid-air until your posting today.



Thx - Renny



No PowerFLARMs in either ship. Both from the same team, one following the other too closely. Front one (JS1)turned into a thermal, second one (Ventus) followed too closely and hit the tail wheel area of the JS1 with the left winglet. Minor damage to the Ventus winglet. No damage to the JS1. Very lucky for both.



Ventus pilot withdrew from contest.

131CX (6W) has been flying every day that I have been here and so has 3926J (JS1)