Hawker vs. Glider Midair - with photo!

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wow, good thing the glider guy was wearing a parachute...

What is a glider doing up at an oxygen altitude of 16,000ft? Isn't that
a tad close to the Class A?

Kingfish schrieb:

What is a glider doing up at an oxygen altitude of 16,000ft?

Probably breathing oxygen and enjoying his freedom to fly.

Isn't that a tad close to the Class A?

It's outside of class A.

Stefan

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What is a glider doing up at an oxygen altitude of 16,000ft?


Probably sucking oxygen.



Isn't that a tad close to the Class A?


So what?

Kingfish wrote:
What is a glider doing up at an oxygen altitude of 16,000ft? Isn't that
a tad close to the Class A?

Flying. What makes you think gliders can't or shouldn't be that high?
We have a word for tad close to the class A, we call it class E airspace
and it ain't reserved for bizjets.

I'll also give you a clue. Gliders can get authorization and do fly
in class A airspace as well.

What we apparently have here (from preliminary data) is a massive
failure of see-and-avoid on the behalf of both parties.

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It sounds as if the pilot of the jet is in a "whole heap o' trouble!"

1. Failure to yield right-of-way.
2. At-fault midair.

I am glad that the glider pilot is safe, as well as the pax in the jet.

Ron Natalie schrieb:

What we apparently have here (from preliminary data) is a massive
failure of see-and-avoid on the behalf of both parties.

Agreed. But, while no glider pilot I know would insist on his right: The
glider had the right of way.

Stefan

Ron Natalie wrote:
Kingfish wrote:
What is a glider doing up at an oxygen altitude of 16,000ft? Isn't that
a tad close to the Class A?

Flying. What makes you think gliders can't or shouldn't be that high?
We have a word for tad close to the class A, we call it class E airspace
and it ain't reserved for bizjets.

I'll also give you a clue. Gliders can get authorization and do fly
in class A airspace as well.

What we apparently have here (from preliminary data) is a massive
failure of see-and-avoid on the behalf of both parties.


There are a couple of good threads concerning this at
rec.aviation.soaring

Ben Jeffrey

"Kingfish" wrote:
What is a glider doing up at an oxygen altitude of
16,000ft? Isn't that a tad close to the Class A?

Both are quite common for gliders. They take oxygen and wear parachutes
when they head out in search of thermals. Why would 2000 feet under
Class A be a problem?