Grand Teton Crash

On 6/15/2018 2:03 PM, Bob T wrote:
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Sad indeed. Clear air, cloudy, or stormy, This is why I spent a long time
researching and then writing the 10 page article in Soaring Magazine a few
years ago titled "Rogue Air". Every once in a while the air can sneak up
on pilots and cause an upset, sometimes fatal. My upset came in clear air
with a few cu. Luckily, I pulled out at about 500' agl and was surprised
the wings stayed on. It just wasn't my day to go. For others, it's their
time, and our time to be sad, yet remember all the good of those that have
moved on.

http://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/...b_Thompson.pdf

Excellent article with 'some darn good pictures' as well! Well worth Joe
Glider Pilot's reading time and continuing ponderation. I base my assertion on
having encountered 'rogue air' a number of times myself in gliders, and being
fortunate enough to not have bent or broken anything (or died, humorless
laugh) in those encounters...though two instances were 'somewhat in doubt' in
my mind *while* they were happening. Eyeball defocusing turbulence and 3,000+
fpm sink will definitely get your attention.

Bob W.

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