Did the cable break,? I thought that was how you flew plastic gliders.. !!! JR ps Hi Patch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wilksch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] cable break
> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
