"K.P. Termaat" wrote in message
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This happened trying to land back at the field after a cable break. Very
sad
indeed.
www.fsv-unterjesingen.de/DnLoads/Seilriss.avi

Karel, NL

Note that the departure occurred with the nose well below the horizon. It
appeared that the glider was stalled and sinking toward the ground for most
of the turn before the departure. Perhaps the pilot ignored airspeed
pre-stall warnings because the perceived priority was to get lined up with
the runway.

Question, was this low altitude turn-back necessary because there not enough
landable area into the wind?

One wonders if the maneuver would have been successful if the glider had
been accurately flown.

Bill Daniels