I have referred this to the Bendigo Flying Club to see why they are
poaching our territory. :-) Phil McCann Bendigo Gliding Club Nigel Andrews wrote: Ah so he came from the Bendigo flying club.....Using Google translate NEW VERSION KL 14.30. A glider crashed in the northern parts of the county yesterday afternoon. Plane was broken and was hanging in a birch. The pilot walk away with a small wound on a finger. It was a participant in Eskilstuna Open, a major international segelflygtävling, which crashed up in the Bergslagen. -- It is about a finnish carts, "says Torbjörn Carlson, press officer at Örebropolisen. Planes both wings was broken and aircraft with the cockpit was left hanging tree. The accident occurred at the 16-time on Monday. -- I sat and watched on television when I heard that there smällde. I rushed out to see what happened. Then I saw the aircraft in birch, "says a man who lives nearby. -- I ran away to the plane and saw how the pilot jumped down. According to Bosse Christensson, President of the Bendigo Flygklubb hosting flygtävlingen, is this type of crashes very rare. -- Sure, there are always landing on the measure, and then there is risk. But the most common is that you encounter any stone, "says Christensson. Christensson does not know what caused the accident. -- There will accidents is to provide answers to. At such high capacities here competitions, there are GPS loggrar on the plane that shows speed and altitude. It is possible to reconstruct what happened. Wednesday is informed of the accident, but under Christensson, it will probably be delegated to Segelflygförbundet to do accident investigations. -- Yes, for this is considered likely that a minor accident. The plane, which was completely destroyed when the Finnish pilot crashed was worth a half million kronor -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Terry Neumann Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2008 1:50 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] A good landing This link was sent to me this morning by Ake Petterson. http://www.na.se/artikel.asp?intId=1333986 If someone can translate from the Swedish for us it may throw a little light on what the heck really happened. Ake did mention that the pilot walked away uninjured, so I guess it does qualify as a "good" landing - but almost certainly not a great one. Terry _______________________________________________ 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 The material contained in this email may be confidential, privileged or copyrighted. If you are not the intended recipient, use, disclosure or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please advise the sender and delete the document. Neither OneSteel nor the sender accept responsibility for any viruses contained in this email or any attachments. _______________________________________________ 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 |
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