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Old September 21st 15, 02:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Steve Leonard[_2_]
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Default Another glider crash?

On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 9:00:24 PM UTC-5, BobW wrote:

Point being that all non-hoax-origin news stories have some relationship
to actual occurrences, and short of first-hand knowledge, the best one can do is continually hone their "reading between the lines" skills while
practicing "critical thinking" when it comes to trying to decipher what
may have actually happened. I suppose one possible surmise as to what the above quote is trying to convey might be that the pilot did two zoomies
with insufficient energy to complete the desired landing. But I'm not
betting any Real Money on that guess...

Bob - all ears - W.


My personal reading between the lines is that someone said it was his third flight of the day. And the reporter's need to sensationalize took over from there.

But, being half a continent away probably makes me more knowledgeable than the reporter!

All the best for as complete a recovery as possible.

Steve Leonard