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Part 2-Pilot walked from this!!



 
 
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Old July 21st 03, 07:40 PM
Al
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Default Part 2-Pilot walked from this!!

Heres the full narative to save everyone the taks of hunting this down from
the borken link

Al


LAX03CA201
On June 15, 2003, about 1500 Pacific daylight time, an unpowered Schleicher
ASW-20 glider, N34LB, impacted trees after a loss of thermal lift near
Idyllwild, California. The pilot/owner was operating the glider under the
provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant,
sustained minor injuries; the glider sustained substantial damage. The
personal local flight departed Hemet-Ryan Field (HMT), Hemet, California,
about 1230. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight
plan had been filed. The primary wreckage was at 33 degrees 44 minutes north
latitude and 116 degrees 44 minutes west longitude.

The pilot reported he was released from the tow airplane near mountains, in
gusty wind conditions, about 3,000 feet above ground level (agl), 4,500 feet
mean sea level (msl). He climbed, using thermals, to 6,000 feet msl. The
first goal was to ascend Mount San Jacinto (10,804 feet msl). The usual
procedure to complete the ascension over the mountain range consisted of a
"stepping stone" approach along or between the mountains. The pilot had done
this maneuver on many past flights.

After a third attempt to ascend Mount San Jacinto, the pilot did not find
lift, and cruised in a southeast direction at 6,400 feet msl and 55 knots.
Suddenly, he felt the glider slow, and noticed his airspeed had dropped from
55 to 40 knots and the glider had lost 100 to 200 feet. The pilot lowered
the nose to prevent a stall. There was a dead tree to the left of the glider
so the pilot executed a right, nose down turn downslope in order to maintain
speed and regain terrain clearance. He heard a "bang," then a series of
"booms and shocks" as the glider hit trees. Thereafter, he lost control of
the glider.

The glider went between two trees, spaced about 6 feet apart. The wings were
sheared off and remained in the trees' branches, about 20 feet agl. The
fuselage went between the two trees, and came to rest nose down, inverted,
on the ground. The pilot worked his way out of the glider, and spent the
night in the mountains. After an extensive hike, he followed a creek bed to
a highway where he was later rescued. The pilot did not report any control
malfunctions prior to the mishap.



"Stewart Kissel" wrote in
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http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief2.asp?...tsbno=3DLAX03=
CA201&akey=3D1






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Old July 23rd 03, 07:44 AM
Al
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Blueing out Friday afternoon in time for the weekend.
Going to have to take up windsurfing again as its been howling wind on Lake
Tahoe every afternoon on the gust fronts

Heres another useless tip bit...
The French cultural ministry has banned the word Email in favour of the
French derivative Currille.
go figure...

Al


"Buck Wild" wrote in message
om...
Silly me, should have done a Google search on those terms. I bow to
your superior knowledge of useless trivia. Now I can go try and
translate the rest of your posts.
Happy Thunderstorms. Wanna bet it turns blue on the backside?

-Dan
4Q2



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Old July 23rd 03, 03:12 PM
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Slight error, Al. The new word is "COURRIEL", for COURRier ELectronique, or
electronic mail. The word "e-mail" is now banned in all official government
publications, documents, web sites, no joke, to be replaced by "courriel".

Lots of cheers, Charles
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Old July 23rd 03, 03:50 PM
Al
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Only in France....

Its almost a thing from a Monty Python sketch.

Al


"Vorsanger1" wrote in message
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Slight error, Al. The new word is "COURRIEL", for COURRier ELectronique,

or
electronic mail. The word "e-mail" is now banned in all official

government
publications, documents, web sites, no joke, to be replaced by "courriel".

Lots of cheers, Charles



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Old July 23rd 03, 05:28 PM
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Well, after adopting "cederom" for CD-ROM and "bogue" for "bug", one has to
draw la ligne somewhere.

Cheers, Charles
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Old July 24th 03, 12:03 PM
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Al wrote:
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The French cultural ministry has banned the word Email in favour of the
French derivative Currille.
go figure...


The French word is "courriel"

And should we in the same way ban italian terms like allegro, andante,
presto frem music ?
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Old July 24th 03, 05:55 PM
Al
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whats Frem music and why would the french want to ban it ;-)

Al

"Robert Ehrlich" wrote in message
...
Al wrote:
...
The French cultural ministry has banned the word Email in favour of the
French derivative Currille.
go figure...


The French word is "courriel"

And should we in the same way ban italian terms like allegro, andante,
presto frem music ?



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Old July 24th 03, 09:36 PM
Bob Mowry
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This picture is worth 1000 words

http://www.aviation-salvage.com/N34LB_BLAIR_1.jpg

-bob
 




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