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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status
I talked with Bill Thursday night 08/31. He was being released from Rehab center and coming home to Yorkville, CA on Friday. He sounded good and is looking forward to being home.
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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status
On Saturday, August 2, 2014 11:21:21 AM UTC-4, WaltWX wrote:
I talked with Bill Thursday night 08/31. He was being released from Rehab center and coming home to Yorkville, CA on Friday. He sounded good and is looking forward to being home. Great news! Thanks for the update, Best Regards, Dave |
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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status
Excellent news.
Jim |
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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status
Truckee 5 accidents, none fatal, 3 while landing Minden 13 accidents, 3 fatalities, 5 while landing Air Sailing 7 accidents, 1 fatal, 4 while l Just checked the NTSB site and found accidents going back to 1992......... Truckee 13 glider accidents, 1 fatal. Including the G-102 vs Aero Commander mid-air where the Grob was struck from behind at 10,000 feet. Prop almost severed the tail boom, but the oxygen bottle prevented complete separation. Glider pilot did not have a parachute and was forced to try and land. He said every time he gave any elevator input, the whole rear end of his ship would move around the nearly severed boom! Outstanding airmanship! He walked away! Keep it safe out there, JJ PS, To be fair, Minden shows 22 glider accidents, 5 fatal going back to 1993. Keep it doubly safe out there! |
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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status
On Sunday, August 3, 2014 3:42:41 PM UTC-7, JJ Sinclair wrote:
Truckee 5 accidents, none fatal, 3 while landing Minden 13 accidents, 3 fatalities, 5 while landing Air Sailing 7 accidents, 1 fatal, 4 while l Just checked the NTSB site and found accidents going back to 1992.......... Truckee 13 glider accidents, 1 fatal. Including the G-102 vs Aero Commander mid-air where the Grob was struck from behind at 10,000 feet. Prop almost severed the tail boom, but the oxygen bottle prevented complete separation. Glider pilot did not have a parachute and was forced to try and land. He said every time he gave any elevator input, the whole rear end of his ship would move around the nearly severed boom! Outstanding airmanship! He walked away! Keep it safe out there, JJ PS, To be fair, Minden shows 22 glider accidents, 5 fatal going back to 1993. Keep it doubly safe out there! My figures were only back to 2000. The baby Grob was repaired and still flying. Aero Commander pilot was head down programming his GPS and struck the Grob with its wing, loosing something like 8' of wing which fell on the Northstar parking lot. He also landed safely back at Truckee. BTW, Bill's flight is on OLC if you want to guess what happened. Do keep it safe! |
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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status
JJ, for the sake of fairness you should adjust the number of fatalities all sites mentioned. They all incorrect.
Ramy |
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Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status
On Monday, August 4, 2014 9:16:07 AM UTC-7, Ramy wrote:
JJ, for the sake of fairness you should adjust the number of fatalities all sites mentioned. They all incorrect. Ramy OK, the NTSB shows......................... Minden, 23 accidents, 6 fatal Air sailing, 7 accidents, 0 fatal (incorrect, I can remember 2) Truckee, 13 accidents, 1 fatal (+ Joe Finley trying to get back into town) Williams, 6 accidents, 1 fatal Holly-Molly, that's 49 dings and 11 brethren, no longer with us in Region 11, over the last 22 years! At least I didn't make the list, (here) My dings were all out of town! Cheers, JJ |
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