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Old October 14th 11, 01:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Does anybody have any info on a possible accident in Cle Elum
Washington?

Boggs
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Old October 14th 11, 03:50 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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http://www.kirotv.com/news/29479391/detail.html

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Old October 14th 11, 04:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Oct 13, 7:50*pm, GARY BOGGS wrote:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29479391/detail.html

Boggs


As usual the media does not understand the difference between gliders
and hang gliders. Other articles mention glider, and since it mentions
an airport takeoff it is more likely a glider.
I am afraid this is going to be a double digit year for fatalities in
the US.

Sigh!

Ramy
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Old October 14th 11, 05:15 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Gary Boggs
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William Lynn Weller in his DG 1000

RIP

My condolences to his family and all that knew him.

I am very anxious to find out who was in charge of this auto tow
operation and how much experience they had. I sure hope the Cadillac
add people weren't running the show there. Cle Elum is only a 2500ft
strip. What kind of release, if any, were they using on the Caddy.
What kind of rope were they using and what were they using on the
glider end. This add agency contacted me to do the add and I told them
that ground launching was very serious and that they needed to be sure
they used people that knew what they were doing and had a lot of auto
towing experience. I sure hope they did.

Boggs

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Old October 14th 11, 06:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Condolences as well.

If you want to wreck an aircraft, get out some cameras....
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Old October 14th 11, 07:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Oct 13, 10:05*pm, " wrote:
Condolences as well.

If you want to wreck an aircraft, get out some cameras....


And add some non-reality based Hollywood types and some art directors
who didn't take physics in high school
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Old October 14th 11, 07:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Here is his web site:

http://www.nwsoaring.com/


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Old October 14th 11, 08:56 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Oct 13, 11:34*pm, 2G wrote:
Here is his web site:

http://www.nwsoaring.com/


Another CFIG is gone! We lost more CFIGs/commercial pilots than any
other pilots this year. Yet some people still claim that accidents are
only due to lack of good training. At this rate there will be no one
left to train us...
This really sucks!

Ramy
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Old October 14th 11, 09:06 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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And add some non-reality based Hollywood types and some art directors
who didn't take physics in high school


Yes, because wild speculation is ALWAYS a good thing to do, when it
comes to aircraft accidents...

Come on people (you, too, Gary) - we don't know what happened. We
don't have facts. We have no clue what the cause was or what people
were doing with gliders, cars, ropes, or anything. We don't know if it
was pilot error or mechanical problems, and guessing about it or
admonishing people that may or may not have been involved helps NO
ONE.

--Noel
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Old October 14th 11, 03:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Gary Boggs
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Noel, I heard Lynn was also a member of the Evergreen Soaring Club?
Did you know him? How much ground launch experience did Lynn have?
Do you know who else was involved in shooting this ad? How many
glider hours did Lynn have? Can you add anything about his
background? The picture in the news articles appears to show the
glider with police tape around it, but it does not look very damaged.
It's hard to imaging that that glider was involved in a fatal
accident, if indeed that is a picture of the accident site.

Boggs


 




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