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Water Landings
On Jun 25, 1:13*pm, Jim White wrote:
Best to try to avoid, but MUCH better than trees. Admiral Nixon Are you sure? The upper branches of trees seem to provide quite a soft 'landing'. Afraid to report my club has nested at least two gliders with all occupants walking away (after being 'rescued' by the fire service). jim Given the record of tree landings vs. water landings the Admiral is no doubt correct. Tree landings have a history of injuries, fatalities, and serious damage to the glider. I’ve never heard of an injury in a water landing, and in most cases there has been no damage to the glider (except wet electronics). Given the choice between trees and water, getting wet appears to be far safer for both man and machine. Bob |
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Water Landings
You must have special trees. I know of many where glider fall all the way to the ground with sometimes hard impact and commonly lots of damage to the glider. Yep- I'm sure. UH http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...s/image010.jpg The solo student pilot walked away. And, yes, the glider was totalled. Tony |
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Water Landings
Water landings happens now and then in Sweden and Finland.
Turn off the electronics Land parallell to the shore. Wheel down. After you have landed, get out of the glider and sit on the wing and calm down (you are propably quite upset). Think: "what a mess I have put myself into". It is no use getting drowned so try to stay on the glider as long as possible and try to use it a craft to paddle ashore. Most waterlandings turns out quite OK and the glider is usually airborne again within a day or two. The LS water landings prior to the 1976 WGC was filmed and the film was showed quite often at club meetings etc in the late 70ies. Robert ASW 28-18E RD brianDG303 skrev: Well, I know if I ever am faced with the challenge, the things to do, not including panic radio calls... 1. Extend the landing gear. 2. Close the air vents. 3. Close spoilers. 4. Land tail first (as always). 5. Hopefully land towards the mainland and not an island, wind and topography permitting. 6. Hope the insurance is paid up. Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA I fly in the mountains a lot and never with water, and I have wondered about blowing air into the water bags, not a lot but just enough to make sure they have some air in them. Water wings. |
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Water Landings
wrote in message ... You must have special trees. I know of many where glider fall all the way to the ground with sometimes hard impact and commonly lots of damage to the glider. Yep- I'm sure. The only tree landing I have ever seen totalled the glider (when it fell out of the tree) and put the pilot out of circulation for several month with spine injurys. Vaughn |
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Water Landings
On Jun 28, 9:40*pm, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote: wrote in message ... You must have special trees. I know of many where glider fall all the way to the ground with sometimes hard impact and commonly lots of damage to the glider. Yep- I'm sure. * *The only tree landing I have ever seen totalled the glider (when it fell out of the tree) and put the pilot out of circulation for several month with spine injurys. Vaughn A friend, Air France 747 captain/ instructor, was on his Taurus over the Med at 2000 ft (controller held altitude) 1.5 miles from shore when the engine stopped. Had to ditch, smooth, and the glider floated... Agay Un motoplaneur s'abîme en mer : le pilote indemne Paru aujourd'hui, vendredi 27 juin 2008 Pilote chevronné, Pierre Sibilia (à l'arrière-plan, avec une chemise jaune), a réussi à effectuer un amerrissage forcé après que le moteur du motoplaneur s'est éteint. L'appareil a été remorqué jusqu'au port d'Agay. La balade d'un adepte d'ULM motoplaneur a failli tourner au drame, hier matin. Il est 9 heures environ quand un résident de Tourrettes, Pierre Sibilia, 58 ans, décolle de l'aérodrome de Fayence aux commandes de son appareil personnel, un ULM motoplaneur. Ce pilote chevronné - il est, dans le civil, commandant de bord à Air France -, met le cap sur Saint-Raphaël. Les conditions météo sont idéales, et tout se présente bien. Mais vers 9 h 30, alors qu'il se trouve au-dessus de la mer, à un mille et demi environ de la côte, près de l'Île des Vieilles, le petit moteur de son aéronef stoppe brusquement. Impossible de le relancer. L'appareil se met à perdre de la hauteur, et Pierre Sibilia choisit la seule solution possible : l'amerrissage. Expérience et mer d'huile aidant, il arrive à effectuer la manoeuvre en douceur. Grâce au signal radio qu'il a eu la présence d'esprit de lancer - sapeurs-pompiers du corps intercommunal Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël, gendarmes maritimes et police municipale - se rendent rapidement sur place avec plusieurs bateaux, véhicules et un imposant matériel. Une fois sur place, ils trouvent l'infortuné pilote, accroché à son appareil refusant de couler. « Pas le temps d'avoir peur » Indemne, il en avait été seulement quitte pour un bain forcé. Quant au motoplaneur, il a été remorqué jusqu'au port d'Agay, où le cortège a créé une certaine animation. « Le moteur s'est arrêté d'un coup et je n'ai pas pu le remettre en route, raconte Pierre Sibilia. Je n'ai rien compris sur les causes de cette panne. Et puis, je n'ai même pas eu le temps d'avoir peur. C'est la première fois qu'il m'arrive un accident pareil. Et ça fait pourtant 43 ans que je suis dans le métier. En tout cas, merci aux secours, ils ont été d'une remarquable efficacité. » VAR MATIN http://www.varmatin.com/ra/var/13238...pilote-indemne c'est pas très gentil de refuser de couler , tu aurai eut deux lignes de plus. |
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