On Sep 17, 7:58*pm, "
wrote:
There is no need to speculate here as there were experienced eye
witnesses to the accident.

The take off was into a quartering headwind from the left. The weak
link broke at an estimated 150' and the pilot initiated a steeply
banked turn to the right. The glider completed approx. ninety degrees
of turn at which time the nose dropped steeply. The glider impacted at
a high rate, nose first at an estimated eighty degrees nose down
angle.

Bill was an active and very generous club member who will be missed.

Dan Fitzgerald

Thanks Dan for the clarification,

and now.......Unbelievablely More sad news......


I just read that the Challeger II Ultralight/LSA that went down in
Redlands, CA a few days ago

was another of our LESC members Woddy Fowler and his son in law Chad.
Both were found dead at the scene.

Apparently the witnesses heard the engine sputter and a bang before
the plane went vertical nose down into the ground.


Woody was also a very experienced LESC tow pilot and glider pilot,
great all around guy, he will be missed by everyone.

Ray