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Mystery of crashed glider in Arizona
Mike the Strike wrote:
Several of our members have recently been surveying possible landing strips for our contest database and Steve Koerner came across an old crashed glider in the Arizona desert..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/3676667...7622824263137/ Registration was N71JR. V-tail, large flaps, no spoilers. Our best guess so far is some sort of HP, but the glider construction seems to have been more composite than aluminum, so this may be off-base. Suggestions and speculation welcome! Mike Assuming this isn't a digital hoax, the only reasonable conclusion is this was a drug smuggling prototype on a test run. These guys are no dummies...hence the use of an abandoned N-number, big flaps for obstructed-approach, short-field landings, outsized nose vent for hot-country cooling/quick payload dispersal on the off-chance of interception, and the choice of landing spot. That noted, I have no clue what this may once have been. If only planes could talk... Intriguing find! Bob W. |
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