I thought it was a Blanik that was attacked, ( even they dont like them ) or
maybe I wasnt listening when the tail was told.
regards JR
----- Original Message -----
From: simon holding
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Soaring with eagles
Yesterday I was talking with Tom Bird about flying with eagles in Alice
Springs. Apparently in 1960, when they used to fly along the Mt John range (in
town), the resident eagles used to get a bit niggardly toward the gliders. Some
bloke in a T51 on his third solo flight was attacked in the customary fashion.
Standard procedure was to wait until the eagle was committed to the attack, and
to turn hard either way at the last second. Old mate got it a bit wrong, and
the eagle ended up in the back seat of the T51. Still alive, it started getting
a bit nasty, and left a few claw marks in the cockpit. It got sick of leaning
on the stick (poor instructor style) and decamped the scene to continue flying.
The young solo pilot never flew again.
A few years later Bert Persson landed with three broken claws in the leading
edge of a timber glider. The bird had attacked from behind, and grabbed the
leading edge. It took five minutes of Bert's best flying to dislodge his
dissatisfied appendage.
Now that we fly at Bond springs (25 km North) we have a much better
relationship with the birds, as it appears we are not intruding into their
nesting area.
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