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Gap tallard airport is a very busy airport in the middle of the French Alps,surrounded by high mountains. Due to the fact that a Brittish glider pilot caught a free falling parachutist a few years ago ( followed by a manslaughter case) there is an exclusion zone of 5km around the airport.(The parachuting business is a 7 day a week operation.) The guy might have been lucky to be hit by a tow rope instead of a bunch of freefalling tourists.
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Video of midair with tow rope
Michael Ash wrote: I don't mean to denigrate power pilots in any way, I just get the impression that having your engine quit is a lot more stressful than just not having one in the first place, and this sort of emergency could easily put a pilot into a frame of mind where he loses confidence in himself and just hits the parachute. Practice opening up the spoilers all the way, at some point beyond final glide from the airport, lock them there, try and thermal up to gain the altitude to make it back to the airport ... oh, and make sure you're flying a 1-26 or a 2-33 or some similar such brick. When the mill quits, suddenly, our intrepid power pilot is flying a "glider" with less than 6:1 glide ratio. Therefore, the stress is warranted!!! I'm not sure if you and I are in "violent agreement" on this one. Yes, I fly both power and glider (if you call my 1-26 a glider). Yes, EVERYBODY should be looking out a little more. Power pilots shoud practice more landings at idle power.... ....and glider pilots should practice more stuck spoiler landings!!! -Pete #309 P.S.: In a more perfect world, I would have added to that list: "The media should present balanced, factual and intelligent coverage of events, spectacular or not." |
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Michael Ash wrote: I don't mean to denigrate power pilots in any way, I just get the impression that having your engine quit is a lot more stressful than just not having one in the first place, and this sort of emergency could easily put a pilot into a frame of mind where he loses confidence in himself and just hits the parachute. Practice opening up the spoilers all the way, at some point beyond final glide from the airport, lock them there, try and thermal up to gain the altitude to make it back to the airport ... oh, and make sure you're flying a 1-26 or a 2-33 or some similar such brick. I think I'll pass on your experiment, but I see your point. When the mill quits, suddenly, our intrepid power pilot is flying a "glider" with less than 6:1 glide ratio. Therefore, the stress is warranted!!! I'm not sure if you and I are in "violent agreement" on this one. Yes, I basically agree. I didn't mean to imply that I thought the stress was unwarranted. Having not flown very much power at all, I've never had the engine quit so I don't really know what it's like, but I try to give the benefit of the doubt to those who do. Yes, I fly both power and glider (if you call my 1-26 a glider). Yes, EVERYBODY should be looking out a little more. Power pilots shoud practice more landings at idle power.... ...and glider pilots should practice more stuck spoiler landings!!! Does it count when you come in so high that they only appear to be stuck? P.S.: In a more perfect world, I would have added to that list: "The media should present balanced, factual and intelligent coverage of events, spectacular or not." Now you're just going too far. -- Michael Ash Rogue Amoeba Software |
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mart wrote: Gap tallard airport is a very busy airport in the middle of the French Alps,surrounded by high mountains. Due to the fact that a Brittish glider pilot caught a free falling parachutist a few years ago ( followed by a manslaughter case) there is an exclusion zone of 5km around the airport.(The parachuting business is a 7 day a week operation.) The guy might have been lucky to be hit by a tow rope instead of a bunch of freefalling tourists. Not flown in France and not familaiar with Gap although of course I did hear of the skydiver/glider accident. What/who is excluded from the zone? What is the airspace type? Andy |
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Andy wrote:
Not flown in France and not familaiar with Gap although of course I did hear of the skydiver/glider accident. What/who is excluded from the zone? What is the airspace type? Andy see http://www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv....D%202.LFNA.pdf no specific airspace type |
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