It is official now. Announcement in German on the DAeC website (the
national German gliding association):

http://www.daec.de/aktuell/index.php

or

http://www.daec.de/aktuell/2007/12/T...bert-Weiss.php

The local news of his hometown also carries it:

http://www.stimme.de/nachrichten/hoh...rt1919,1148870

A very sad day, my condolences to family and friends.

Markus Graeber


On Dec 21, 11:17 am, "Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote:
wrote:
This was on a web:

http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Mandiesaft.../209/articleID...

That is too bad. Our best wishes to the survivors of this poor fellow.

One possible favorable element that may come from this tragedy is the
possibility the electronics on board these ships may be able to translate
what precisely went wrong.
Could be a rare opportunity for learning.

Or simply a last look at a friend.

Man, what a shame.

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