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There was a mid-air collision in 18m class today. Both damaged gliders returned to airfield. Such routine is this at WGC level that it did not make news anywhere?

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:13:23 AM UTC-7, krasw wrote:
There was a mid-air collision in 18m class today. Both damaged gliders returned to airfield. Such routine is this at WGC level that it did not make news anywhere?

Indeed...When you have blue days and over 100 gliders "out there" in close proximity, this is really not uncommon at major contests. All you have to do is go back in history and this has happened many times. The very good news is that no one was hurt and the gliders were able to land safely. My guess is that the folks would say that it was definitely an unfortunate event and that safety must be continuously emphasized. In the scheme of the "big picture" of a WGC, it was probably not really considered a big deal and as a result, not mentioned (at least publicly..so far..)....We may hear more later.....

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:13:23 AM UTC-7, krasw wrote:
Such routine is this at WGC level that it did not make news anywhere?
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:13:17 AM UTC-8, Renny wrote:
We may hear more later.....

Mentioned in John Good's report.
http://ussoaringteams.org/january-12th/
Jim

Multiple reports about it on Facebook...

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 8:22:59 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Multiple reports about it on Facebook...

Including some gaggle pictures and video.

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 10:37:11 AM UTC-5, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 8:22:59 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Multiple reports about it on Facebook...

Including some gaggle pictures and video.

I try to be a facebook luddite.

Link(s) please?

-Evan

Not a real fan of Facebook, but here is one link

https://www.facebook.com/SoaringSocietyofAmerica/

Quite a remarkable video of one of the gaggles:
Scroll down to see the post by Matthew Scutter and pics by Sean

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:33:07 AM UTC-5, Duster wrote:
Not a real fan of Facebook, but here is one link

me, either. Thanks for link.

They are really going out of their way to make the experience unpleasant for non-members. Is there anyway to make that big floating frame go away without having an account?

-Evan

Is there anyway to make that big floating frame go away without having an account?

-Evan

You might have to give in to the Dark Side, Evan. I set up an acct using a trash email address (dodging unwanted posts) to see what my wife and kids are up to.

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 9:04:35 AM UTC-8, Tango Eight wrote:
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:33:07 AM UTC-5, Duster wrote:
Not a real fan of Facebook, but here is one link

me, either. Thanks for link.

They are really going out of their way to make the experience unpleasant for non-members. Is there anyway to make that big floating frame go away without having an account?

-Evan

Congratulations to Sean! Please figure out how to make the tracker stay on. When Sean's is gone I follow Dave Springford, our Northern neighbour. He was in the big pack seeming to be led my Tom Claffey. Seems like work.
Congratulations also to Uys and Attie! It's rare to see a brand new glider do that well. Ask Dick Butler how difficult.
Bruce Taylor and Andrew Georgeson decided not to go with the pack and paid dearly in points, but had a nicer time.

Rrrrrrr.
Data mining programs try to make everyone contribute. How do they make huge (understatement) amounts of money on such crap? They took "Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies" literally.
Believe as Duster suggests the best way to make the frame go away completely is log in with some absolute BS email address with no address book. Yet to do that.
Accepting cookies (peligro) from them at least allows looking at videos and photos. Or right click/open in new tab helps.
Jim