On Jun 29, 7:45?am, wrote:
On Jun 29, 2:31 am, Colin Field
wrote:

On Jun 28, 7:40 pm, wrote:

I sat there happy to be in one big piece, happy my
glider was in one big piece but mostly feeling stupid......

Don

I suppose the glider would have required an internal
check, expecially of the main spar and wing fixings.
Was there any damage at all, or is the Genesis really
THAT tough?

A fairing for the tip spoiler actuator came off during the ground
loop.. It had been held in place with double sided tape. I found it
the next morning on the runway. It was undamaged and got taped back
on. The runway was very wet and slippery. The soil is sandy at CCSC. I
have a feeling that the same landing on a dry hard runway would have
put more loads into the glider. I have lots of experence working on
fiberglass gliders (A&P since 1974) and there was NO structural
damage. The Genesis is built tough. (And Short)

Don

Don,

I was standing by the gate down where you landed and remembered
thinking we were watching a beautiful plane getteing torn up.....and
being amazed when everything held together and the canopy came up. I
don't remember seeing the gear touch until you were facing back up the
field. Great job of flying on your part with gusts, sheeting rain,
massive lightning, planes in front, behind and besides. Then joking
with you out on the grid Monday when you found the fairing. You
certainly earned the Lime Crew's nickname for your plane that day
("Donkey Kong"). Probably one of the most exciting days I can think
of at the "Creek". As we say here in Kentucky "Ya done good, boy".

Gary Adams