Derek, As it happened, I landed at Waikerie (in my Stemme - its flying again after a long hiatus), on the day after this happened (i.e. yesterday). I turned up there for reasons quite unrelated to the accident - and spoke to some of the people who had witnessed the accident (again, as a side effect of happening to be there anyway, nothing more).
So - as it happens, I do have some idea of the answer to your question… but I’m not going to speculate/explain here, because in doing so, I’d be communicating third hand information about an accident that is actively under investigation - which I would see as an irresponsible thing to do. This applies to any accident - I’m not singling out this one. We all have this totally understandable tendency to want to immediately know *how* such an accident happened - I’m sure we’re all motivated by the same thing here (trying to figure out how not to have it happen to us in the future, whatever ‘it’ is!). Anyway, the points I’m making here are: - There were multiple witnesses - It is being actively investigated - I’m sure the people investigating it don’t need to deal with third hand speculation on a mailing list in parallel to figuring this out properly - Early information coming out of *any* accident scene is always incomplete and often downright wrong (which feeds into the previous point) AND - I’m very happy to know that the pilot involved survived the experience (while noting that I’m sure the experience was surely a traumatic one, and that he’ll likely take a fair while to recover from it, in several senses) Regards, Simon > On 29 Feb 2016, at 3:59 PM, Derek <drudd...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Any idea why he didn’t land on the clear strip just to the right? > > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au > <mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au>] On Behalf Of Mark Newton > Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 1:54 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Pete Cesco on TV > > On Feb 29, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Anthony Smith <anthony.sm...@adelaide.on.net > <mailto:anthony.sm...@adelaide.on.net>> wrote: >> >> Which show was it on? > > > https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/30949880/adelaide-doctor-recovering-in-hospital-after-glider-crash/#page1 > > <https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/30949880/adelaide-doctor-recovering-in-hospital-after-glider-crash/#page1> > > - mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring>
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