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Old July 23rd 06, 02:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Stealth Pilot
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Default Query on the Woodstock

On 22 Jul 2006 18:41:45 -0700, "Doug Hoffman"
wrote:


Stealth Pilot wrote:

what do you guys who actually fly the woodstock think of the
structural integrity of the design?


A search of the NTSB aviation accident database turned up two
structural failure incidents. Both were wing failures. One was caused
by using the glider for aerobatics. It is *not* an aerobatic glider.
The cause for the other was not determined. The pilot was flying wave
at 16,500 feet without oxygen.

I found no fuselage structure issues in the database.

Regards,

-Doug


thanks for that. it reinforces my thinking that it was an australian
spurious issue. ....not the only one.

Stealth Pilot