boulder mid-air

On Feb 6, 3:25*pm, gen wrote:
Thanks for the headsup.

This news says that Cirrus (airplane) flew into the tow rope. The
parachute looks like Cirrus' Airframe Parachute System, not from
glider pilot.http://www.9news.com/news/article.as...rovider=top&ca...

-Gen

I have a tweet from a tow pilot who saw the collision. It says the
SR-22 hit the Pawnee not the rope. The tug's weak link should have
protected it if the SR-22 hit the rope.

"bildan" wrote in message
...
This news says that Cirrus (airplane) flew into the tow rope. The
parachute looks like Cirrus' Airframe Parachute System, not from
glider
pilot.http://www.9news.com/news/article.as...rovider=top&ca...

I have a tweet from a tow pilot who saw the collision. It says the
SR-22 hit the Pawnee not the rope. The tug's weak link should have
protected it if the SR-22 hit the rope.

OK, that explains the video of what is apparently the remains of the Cirrus
descending under the parachute while smoking heavily. I was wondering how a
collision with a glider tow rope could cause that much damage to the Cirrus.
http://www.9news.com/video/default.a...id=65219990001

Whatever the cause, this is too sad for words.

Vaughn