On 8/25/2011 10:39 AM, JJ Sinclair wrote:
On Aug 25, 10:12 am, Eric wrote:
On 8/25/2011 6:12 AM, JJ Sinclair wrote:



Martin Gregorie wrote.........
In UK high speed low finishes were banned after a photographer on the
airfield boundary was killed,

US Rules Committee please take note.
JJ

I don't know if they have banned low passes, but the accident was not
the result of a low pass, but a low energy finish where the glider had
to pull up to clear a fence.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

No it wasn't a low energy finish. The photographer was in radio
contact with the glider and urging him to get "lower, lower" in order
to get a better picture. The photographer was standing on top of his
car behind a row of bushes.This had been going on all week and ended
when the lad flew right into the guy. The low finishes were in a
contest. The above post clearly states that "high speed low finishes
were banned in the UK." The line finish is still in the US Rules and I
believe it gives legitimacy to the low finishes (aka buzz jobs) that
keep on showing up in accident reports.

I remember the incident, but did not know the photographer was in
contact with the glider, or that it was at high speed.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)