Well flown cable break?? Look at how long it takes to get the nose down after the cable breaks (as indicated by the drouge opening). And then the glider wallows back to earth and completely fails to flair. Wouldn't be surprised if the guy has some nasty back pain. It's probably reasonable to link the cable break and the landing. Failure to gain safe speed near ground could mean that he was hovering around stall on final and flairing did nothing more than stall the aircraft a few metres above the ground. Ouch.
Of course the video is pretty small and hard to see but thats how it looked to me. Anyone else? Tom > > What was special about that ? Looks like a well flown cable break. > Don't know why it was called "Nearly crashed glider" > John G. > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.1/822 - Release Date: 28/05/2007 > 11:40 > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
