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Winch Launch Fatality
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:45:02 +0000, Del C wrote:
Generally it is OK to make 180 or 360 degree turns in a modern gliders, as long as you start at at least 300ft and keep the airspeed up to a safe manoeuvring speed. The failure to do the latter seems to have been the probably cause of this accident. I'm really curious about the field layout: I've never flown a winch launch from a flat land field where it wasn't possible to land ahead from a low break or to fly an abbreviated circuit from a higher one, but then again I've never flown from a site where the winch was positioned off the end of the runway. I believe there are fields in Germany and at least one in NZ with a remotely positioned winch. I can imagine situations on that type of field where landing ahead may not be a good option, so does Sandhill have this type of field layout? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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