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July 2nd 19, 02:05 PM
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The article says people found them... how can this be? Aren’t they in radio contact during the contest? Probably a misunderstanding by the people that posted the news article.
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July 2nd 19, 02:30 PM
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 7:05:34 AM UTC-6, ripacheco1967 wrote:
The article says people found them... how can this be? Aren’t they in radio contact during the contest? Probably a misunderstanding by the people that posted the news article. This is a bit odd because it was close to the Nephi Airport. The SPOT shows the crash site. The article states it was found just after 5pm but when I left the airport after 7 no information had been passed to the event (Yet).
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July 2nd 19, 03:10 PM
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It looks like MM on the tail.Â* Does anyone know who that was?
On 7/2/2019 7:30 AM, K m wrote: On Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 7:05:34 AM UTC-6, ripacheco1967 wrote: The article says people found them... how can this be? Aren’t they in radio contact during the contest? Probably a misunderstanding by the people that posted the news article. This is a bit odd because it was close to the Nephi Airport. The SPOT shows the crash site. The article states it was found just after 5pm but when I left the airport after 7 no information had been passed to the event (Yet). -- Dan, 5J
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#4
July 2nd 19, 04:21 PM
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I just joined the local club (Utah Soaring Assoc.) and got checked out on Sunday. I sat in on the pilot briefing yesterday and the weather was indicating a solid day for soaring.
Ironically, the daily safety brief was about proper parachute donning technique and bailing out. It doesn't look like they had the option. Deepest condolences to their families. Paul A.
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#5
July 2nd 19, 04:30 PM
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 8:10:09 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
It looks like MM on the tail.Â* Does anyone know who that was? Dan, 5J John Weber and Tom Bjork
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#6
July 2nd 19, 06:42 PM
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 5:30:41 PM UTC+2, K m wrote:
On Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 8:10:09 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote: It looks like MM on the tail.Â* Does anyone know who that was? Dan, 5J John Weber and Tom Bjork Checking if I may have met the pilots in person, I have just found this video from 2 years ago: https://youtu.be/fZSa5nwX3dw
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#7
July 2nd 19, 08:44 PM
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My condolences to their families. I was on the grid directly in front of that glider on Friday.
I'm assuming they got low and couldn't make it to a landable area. I wonder if they pushed the limits because they were counting on a sustainer? Was the engine extended? What is the L/D on the Arcus with the engine extended but not running? Rick
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#8
July 2nd 19, 08:59 PM
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 3:44:13 PM UTC-4, Richard DalCanto wrote:
My condolences to their families. I was on the grid directly in front of that glider on Friday. I'm assuming they got low and couldn't make it to a landable area. I wonder if they pushed the limits because they were counting on a sustainer? Was the engine extended? What is the L/D on the Arcus with the engine extended but not running? Rick One photo on above site shows engine bay appearing closed and much lower terrain in the background. Sad accident and two well liked pilots lost. FWIW UH
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