On Dec 12, 4:54*pm, Tim Taylor wrote:
On Dec 12, 10:17*am, glidergeek wrote:

On Dec 10, 10:56*am, vontresc wrote:

A freind of mine sent me this youtube vid today. The pilot hets a wee
bit low during his final glide.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZxvYMC2QvI

Enjoy

Pete

Looks like alot of landing options and speed to gain altitude if
needed. Wish the camera was on his instruments at the same time.

I must be missing something, I don't see the nice fields to land in.
I would expect a ground loop in every field he crossed. *The one to
the right of the river is the only one that looks reasonable for the
entire glide.

That said, I have had one final glide like this at the 2006 US
Nationals that was close to this with a forced deviation around power
lines and a hanger to land at 8 pm. *The fields under me were better
and I hope to not do that again.

Tim
I didn't say nice fields to land in, I said alot of landing options.
The quality of the camera vs what he was seeing vs what everybody
perceived is vastly different. And it looks like he was rather
committed to either make it to the glider port or commit to a off
field landing. He obviously made the right choice. I'll bet you a six
pack of Fat Tire Beer there were at least that many good land out
fields available to him.