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Old July 25th 20, 10:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Nadler
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Default 27 crash at Ely?

On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 3:17:35 PM UTC-4, John Carlyle wrote:
... Suddenly the left wing went down, rolling me towards the ridge,
fortunately some 2,000 feet below. Full right aileron and full right rudder
did nothing to stop the roll, and the bank kept getting steeper. After what
seemed like an hour but was probably about 10 seconds, my LS-8 responded
and rolled level.


So you immediately moved upwind and climbed in the smooth wave, right? ;-)