Glider forced landing Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...der-crash.html

Yikes!

On Monday, 9 September 2013 16:35:08 UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...der-crash.html



Yikes!

Yeah... but he won the spot-landing contest.

The pilot is safe... that's the important part. The Air Cadets will probably have the ship rebuilt in short order.

On Monday, September 9, 2013 4:53:50 PM UTC-4, C-FFKQ (42) wrote:
On Monday, 9 September 2013 16:35:08 UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:
Yikes!

Yeah... but he won the spot-landing contest.


That's an understatement: "Bob Scott, deputy fire chief of Langley City Fire-Rescue, said the building's flat roof covered an area just 18 metres by 7.5 metres in size."

"We're not sure if it was luck or skill that got him to set the glider down on the roof," said Scott, noting the close proximity of the intersection and power lines.

I recall a picture from California maybe early/mid 1980s where someone landed a Schweizer on a big factory or logistics center. Must have been a 500 foot long roof. Much less impressive.

On Monday, September 9, 2013 3:21:29 PM UTC-6, Papa3 wrote:
On Monday, September 9, 2013 4:53:50 PM UTC-4, C-FFKQ (42) wrote:

On Monday, 9 September 2013 16:35:08 UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:

Yikes!



Yeah... but he won the spot-landing contest.





That's an understatement: "Bob Scott, deputy fire chief of Langley City Fire-Rescue, said the building's flat roof covered an area just 18 metres by 7.5 metres in size."



"We're not sure if it was luck or skill that got him to set the glider down on the roof," said Scott, noting the close proximity of the intersection and power lines.



I recall a picture from California maybe early/mid 1980s where someone landed a Schweizer on a big factory or logistics center. Must have been a 500 foot long roof. Much less impressive.

The wing damage is consistent with a wire slice and at least one of the images shows some wiring that may have been looped up. I suspect he caught a wire and plopped onto the roof at a right angle.

Frank Whiteley

On Monday, September 9, 2013 9:24:20 PM UTC-6, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Monday, September 9, 2013 3:21:29 PM UTC-6, Papa3 wrote:

On Monday, September 9, 2013 4:53:50 PM UTC-4, C-FFKQ (42) wrote:



On Monday, 9 September 2013 16:35:08 UTC-4, Sean F (F2) wrote:



Yikes!







Yeah... but he won the spot-landing contest.











That's an understatement: "Bob Scott, deputy fire chief of Langley City Fire-Rescue, said the building's flat roof covered an area just 18 metres by 7.5 metres in size."







"We're not sure if it was luck or skill that got him to set the glider down on the roof," said Scott, noting the close proximity of the intersection and power lines.







I recall a picture from California maybe early/mid 1980s where someone landed a Schweizer on a big factory or logistics center. Must have been a 500 foot long roof. Much less impressive.



The wing damage is consistent with a wire slice and at least one of the images shows some wiring that may have been looped up. I suspect he caught a wire and plopped onto the roof at a right angle.



Frank Whiteley

Digging further, I think he hit a tree rather than wires as there's quite an impact area outboard of the wing split.

On Monday, September 9, 2013 1:35:08 PM UTC-7, Sean F (F2) wrote:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...der-crash.html



Yikes!

A pity Canada no longer operates any aircraft carriers (as far as I know). The kid's talents will be wasted.

On Monday, 9 September 2013 20:25:25 UTC-4, wrote:

A pity Canada no longer operates any aircraft carriers (as far as I know).. The kid's talents will be wasted.

Canada does not have aircraft carriers. Many years ago -- I think in the 70's -- the U.S. offered to give Canada a carrier... it was politely declined. Seems that the Royal Canadian Navy didn't have enough personnel (in the whole Navy) to put on the ship!

Pity, really, we went from the 3rd largest navy in the world at the end of WWII to a very small navy (sigh). Our military is now quite small... Marine base Pendleton in California has more troops on the base than we have throughout the world, in all services combined. Our reserves are somewhat larger, but still less than 100,000 reserve personnel in all branches, iirc.

Glad to hear the pilot is alright. I'm looking forward to hearing how this happened. The Cadets run a pretty disciplined operation so to have one of their solo pilots get out of reach of the field is surprising. The last time I saw glider 8 was at the advanced soaring camp they had at Hope a few years ago. It may have been in that very glider that one of the cadets doubled his solo hours in one flight in the wave!

On Monday, September 9, 2013 11:50:15 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Glad to hear the pilot is alright. I'm looking forward to hearing how this happened. The Cadets run a pretty disciplined operation so to have one of their solo pilots get out of reach of the field is surprising. The last time I saw glider 8 was at the advanced soaring camp they had at Hope a few years ago. It may have been in that very glider that one of the cadets doubled his solo hours in one flight in the wave!

Looking at Google Maps at the corner of 208th and 56th convenience store location, there was no way he could make the airfield, but there is a sports field about 150 yards SE of the impact site. Could be he was in a left turn for that field when he caught a wire.

Frank Whiteley