Glider pilot rolls inverted and exits at 1400 feet AGL

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:40:36 -0700, cat.jardini wrote:

wouldn't your glider pitch up and whack you after you released the
stick?

Not necessarily. IIRC there was a case in Australia some years back when
a Std Cirrus bunted violently from level flight, throwing the pilot out
through the canopy. He parachuted down while the glider flew, inverted,
in circles round him all the way down and eventually landed some 10-20
metres away.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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True story - that was my Cirrus. Pilot undid harness.

Nick

On Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:25:22 UTC+9:30, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:40:36 -0700, cat.jardini wrote:



wouldn't your glider pitch up and whack you after you released the

stick?



Not necessarily. IIRC there was a case in Australia some years back when

a Std Cirrus bunted violently from level flight, throwing the pilot out

through the canopy. He parachuted down while the glider flew, inverted,

in circles round him all the way down and eventually landed some 10-20

metres away.





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martin@ | Martin Gregorie

gregorie. | Essex, UK

org |

a Std Cirrus bunted violently from level flight, throwing the pilot out



through the canopy.

I'm not familiar with the term "bunted". What exactly does this mean?

Thanks.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:51:18 -0700, javelin77 wrote:

a Std Cirrus bunted violently from level flight, throwing the pilot
out



through the canopy.

I'm not familiar with the term "bunted". What exactly does this mean?

Flying part of an outside loop, typically starting from a climbing or
level flight. IOW if you've come fast through strong sink, suddenly hit
strong lift and zoom climb into it, you could describe the push-over to
gliding attitude at thermalling speed as a bunt.

From the Free dictionary: (Aeronautics) to cause (an aircraft) to fly in
part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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