Glider Crash - Minden?

The jet stalls if it goes slower?

"Mike Schumann" wrote in message
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Let me rephrase that; It is very difficult to see converging traffic
approaching at 100 - 200 knots.

Mike Schumann

"SAM 303a" brentDAHTsullivanATgmailDAHTcom wrote in message
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Is that an appropriate and prudent speed to fly in an area know for
soaring?

"Mike Schumann" wrote in message
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The reality is that it is incredibly difficult to see converging
traffic
that is approaching at 200-300 knots.

Mike Schumann

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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kirk.stant wrote:
Hmm, the glider is thermalling - probably the easiest thing in the
air
to see from another aircraft approaching.

So much for professional pilots looking out the window.

If the glider had been cruising I could understand it. I've lost
gliders I've been following when I knew where they were. But there
is
little excuse in a two-crew cockpit to miss something as substantial
as
an 18 meter glider thermalling in front of you!

A thermalling glider should be able to see approaching aircraft more
easily, too. Quite different from being run down by a faster aircraft
coming up behind. We probably shouldn't be too smug at this point,
until
we know the facts for sure.

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