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Past Results/Future Performance Redux (Another weekend, another 2U.S. glider incidents...)
Another weekend, another two glider "incidents"...
Check out http://southtahoenow.com/story/02/05...copter-its-way So, OK, no injuries (apparently), and no aircraft damage, but done on a flight review?! And sure, wavish days out west can be an easy come easy go sort of thing altitude-wise, but who among RAS readers would want to end up doing something similar and then be able to point *only* to not botching the actual pattern and landing? Next, cutting/pasting from the FAA Prelims... - - - - - - IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 325MZ Make/Model: EXP Description: VIRUS 912 GLIDER Date: 02/04/2012 Time: 1620 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION City: RAY State: MI Country: US DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 1 PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED, NEAR RAY, MI INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1 # Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: OTHER DATA Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER FAA FSDO: DETROIT, MI (GL23) Entry date: 02/06/2012 - - - - - - So, OK, a Pipistrel Virus is really more a powerplane with Blanik-like L/D than a pure glider, but it shows as registered to an SSA member. Not good... Bob W. |
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