krasw wrote on 9/2/2019 2:03 AM:
Seen it million times during big competitions, flying into unlandable terrain trusting you find next thermal or engine works. Of course everything is fine 99% of the time. And then bad day happens and you end up with that 1%. It shouldn't and definately doesn't happen to anyone of us, if you follow the very basic principle of all gliding flights: YOU GOT TO HAVE A PLACE TO LAND. This is hammered so hard to the brains of every flight student that it takes hundreds of flight hours to forget.

I don't think we should assume he intentionally flew out reach of landable
terrain. The remarks quoted by Tim Taylor suggest the weather changed much faster
than expected, leaving him with only poor choices.

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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf