"Ray Hart" wrote...

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4. Anybody know anyone who has had to land with both
brakes shut - in
a glider with more performance than a tin brick? I'd
be interested to
hear their stories.

Ray

A friend of mine did it in his DG-200 (original 2-piece canopy version) on a
4,100' strip at 5288' msl...got stopped perhaps 3800' down the strip after
going by the 500' mark at ~head height. I *think* I can recall it being
written/synopsized in "Soaring" mag's "Safety Corner" some years back.

I 'disremember' why he had to do it, but as I recall it was a
spoiler-related hardware failure of some sort.

I thought he did darned good!

Regards,
Bob W.