As I recall, it was published in Soaring. The pilot flew into cloud and
pulled a wing off. The aircraft spiralled down into trees at a golf
course. The trees and bushes broke the fall and the pilot survived.

Brian

At 14:56 30 October 2008, Vaughn Simon wrote:

"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
...

Here's another pilot's account of a real wing fold.

http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/repeats...ng_failure.htm


I distinctly remember a wild story of a lucky fellow who survived
after
a
1-26 lost some important parts in a thunderstorm, but a Google search
turns up
fruitless. Does anyone remember?

Vaughn