What happened to the tug and glider?
-Cath
On 22/01/2007, at 11:34 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
At 09:17 AM 22/01/2007, you wrote:
Hi
I've just come across the following...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTemKnL8X30
which is pretty amazing.
It illustrates a point about the poor visibility from inside high
wing monoplanes and tug planes. I don't think that the power
aircraft could have seen the incoming tug/glider combination but I
am surprised that both the tug and glider pilots did not see the
conflicting traffic.
It's a good illustration of the point I make to students that they
*cannot* concentrate just on looking at the tug - but that more
general lookout *has* to be maintained.
The accident could have been much worse if instead of snagging the
tow rope, the power traffic had hit either the tug or the glider.
--
Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://
www.hart.wattle.id.au
Looks like the towplane was climbing quite steeply. I'd have
throught that the high wing of the ultralight wouldn't get in the way.
Mike
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