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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
http://southtahoenow.com/story/02/05...copter-its-way
I was just in this glider (absolutely gorgeous) last Wednesday. Holy crap. Epic Fail. |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
On Feb 6, 10:25*am, Sean Fidler wrote:
http://southtahoenow.com/story/02/05...-crash-heavenl... I was just in this glider (absolutely gorgeous) last Wednesday. *Holy crap. *Epic Fail. Not to be contentious, but more fodder for the safety monkeys...................looks like this guy did a fantastic job getting the sailplane down safe and with all in 1 piece. I am interested in learning how the "loss of air" caused this to happen. I will not be criticizing the pilot, as we are all prone to being in the news someday, despite the never ending articles in Soaring about safety. Brad |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
Agreed. Excellent job landing safely here. Miraculous.
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
"Outraged..." As if the pilots wanted to land there. Nice job
landing in a tough spot. I am just glad that none of the farmers in any of the fields I have landed in have been, "outraged!" Bruno - B4 |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
Very nice landing and they saved the aircraft, hoorah. But it appears
they might have put bystanders who were skiing at significant risk. If a skier had been hurt, and they might have, it would be preferable to put the glider in the trees. Mark |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
On Feb 6, 3:29*pm, Bruno wrote:
"Outraged..." * As if the pilots wanted to land there. Nice job landing in a tough spot. *I am just glad that none of the farmers in any of the fields I have landed in have been, "outraged!" Bruno - B4 Bruno -- Take a look at a chart. Then see if you still think this was a "Nice job." This link should do it http://runwayfinder.com/?loc=TVL The top of the ski area in question is at 2:00, about 6 miles from TVL and a few thousand feet higher. The landing site (the bottom of the ski area) is quite close to TVL. The news article mentions a golf course being rejected due to trees. Look where the ski area parking lot, the golf course and TVL are on the satellite view. -Evan Ludeman / T8 |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
Hi Evan: I posted to this on a different thread, same topic: The landing
site is about 3.5 miles from TVL at approximately the same altitude. Kingsbury Grade, the passage through the ridge, is roughly three miles farther away (and around the mountain) at something like 1300' above field elevation - and that is being generous. So the relevant question is: a nearly seven mile flight on a bit over 1000' of altitude with a lot of trees on the way. At 13:49 07 February 2012, T8 wrote: On Feb 6, 3:29=A0pm, Bruno wrote: "Outraged..." =A0 As if the pilots wanted to land there. Nice job landing in a tough spot. =A0I am just glad that none of the farmers in any of the fields I have landed in have been, "outraged!" Bruno - B4 Bruno -- Take a look at a chart. Then see if you still think this was a "Nice job." This link should do it http://runwayfinder.com/?loc=3DTVL The top of the ski area in question is at 2:00, about 6 miles from TVL and a few thousand feet higher. The landing site (the bottom of the ski area) is quite close to TVL. The news article mentions a golf course being rejected due to trees. Look where the ski area parking lot, the golf course and TVL are on the satellite view. -Evan Ludeman / T8 |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
Sean Fidler wrote:
Agreed. Excellent job landing safely here. Safely? Safely for whom? Safely for the skiers? Safely for that snow boarder who reportedly had to duck to not have his head clipped? This landing was no "excellent job" but a highly irresponsible and reckless action which I sure hope the FAA will take a closer look at. It was sheer luck that nobody was hurt or even killed. |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
On Feb 6, 1:41*pm, Brad wrote:
On Feb 6, 10:25*am, Sean Fidler wrote: http://southtahoenow.com/story/02/05...-crash-heavenl... I was just in this glider (absolutely gorgeous) last Wednesday. *Holy crap. *Epic Fail. Not to be contentious, but more fodder for the safety monkeys...................looks like this guy did a fantastic job getting the sailplane down safe and with all in 1 piece. I am interested in learning how the "loss of air" caused this to happen. I will not be criticizing the pilot, as we are all prone to being in the news someday, despite the never ending articles in Soaring about safety. Brad Oh bullcrap. With 1/3 the skill and the judgement we expect of a solo ready student this was a routine local flight. -Evan Ludeman / T8 |
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Duo NV lands on Heavenly Ski Resort. Not kidding...
On Feb 6, 2:11*pm, Evan Ludeman wrote:
Oh bullcrap. *With 1/3 the skill and the judgement we expect of a solo ready student this was a routine local flight. -Evan Ludeman / T8 But it's obvious - he had to land when the tail fell off!! Kirk 66 |
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