Tragic Double Fatality?

Ck. Michael Graves' comments on his March 30, 2013 OLC flight posting.

Gary

Hi Gary,

Wow. That is very tragic.
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2854506
notes from the flight by Michael Graves copied below.

"Today we lost EDDIE HOGLAN, my best friend, and TAYLOR BROWN, my best
glider student, in an inflight wing failure on a Ka7. My club intentionally
did not call this news to me until I landed from my xc flight."

Paul Remde
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"Gary Osoba" wrote in message
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Ck. Michael Graves' comments on his March 30, 2013 OLC flight posting.

Gary

http://www.kcbd.com/story/21840513/2...d-glider-crash

https://www.facebook.com/RipTaylorBrown?fref=ts

On Monday, April 1, 2013 8:08:45 AM UTC-6, Tom K (ES) wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/RipTaylorBrown?fref=ts

Very sad.

http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/loc...OpKzB1V2w.cspx

On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:56:26 AM UTC-7, Tom K (ES) wrote:
http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/loc...OpKzB1V2w.cspx

Horrible! Especially when a 13 years old perishes!

On Apr 2, 7:45*pm, Ramy wrote:
On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:56:26 AM UTC-7, Tom K (ES) wrote:
http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/loc...an-Taylor-Jame...

Horrible! Especially when a 13 years old perishes!

One keeps wondering if a parachute would help. Did they have any?

Terrible loss for the community. Deepest sympathy for family and
friends. I got a 13 year old son. Hard to imagine such a loss.
Devastating...

My god. I cannot imagine. So sorry to the families and friends of these pilots. Pit in my stomach, as with every one of these sad reports. I worry about old gliders out there.
Sean
F2

I don’t know if it played a role in this accident, but I do know firsthand that glue failure is a problem in Ka-7’s. When my club started to use a winch, we needed an appropriate two-seater fast, so we bought a cheap Ka-7.. We used it extensively during the 2007 season. However, at the end of the year, we decided to replace the decidedly worn fabric. As soon as we opened up the wing, biscuits began falling of the ribs. There were also other glue failures, for example at the double rib at the root of the ailerons. I wrote to Schleicher who confirmed that the glue was Kaurit, known to become brittle after a time. After consulting with a professional well versed in wooden aircraft, we considered it impossible to repair the airframe at a sensible cost and time expenditure. The glider was donated to a museum to show the internal organs. And we bought an Aerodux-glued ASK-13 to replace it....

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...llenoff01.jpg/

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