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Cadillac commercial accident?
Does anybody have any info on a possible accident in Cle Elum
Washington? Boggs |
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On Oct 13, 7:50*pm, GARY BOGGS wrote:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/29479391/detail.html Boggs As usual the media does not understand the difference between gliders and hang gliders. Other articles mention glider, and since it mentions an airport takeoff it is more likely a glider. I am afraid this is going to be a double digit year for fatalities in the US. Sigh! Ramy |
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Cadillac commercial accident?
William Lynn Weller in his DG 1000
RIP My condolences to his family and all that knew him. I am very anxious to find out who was in charge of this auto tow operation and how much experience they had. I sure hope the Cadillac add people weren't running the show there. Cle Elum is only a 2500ft strip. What kind of release, if any, were they using on the Caddy. What kind of rope were they using and what were they using on the glider end. This add agency contacted me to do the add and I told them that ground launching was very serious and that they needed to be sure they used people that knew what they were doing and had a lot of auto towing experience. I sure hope they did. Boggs |
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Condolences as well. If you want to wreck an aircraft, get out some cameras.... |
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On Oct 13, 10:05*pm, " wrote:
Condolences as well. If you want to wreck an aircraft, get out some cameras.... And add some non-reality based Hollywood types and some art directors who didn't take physics in high school |
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On Oct 13, 11:34*pm, 2G wrote:
Here is his web site: http://www.nwsoaring.com/ Another CFIG is gone! We lost more CFIGs/commercial pilots than any other pilots this year. Yet some people still claim that accidents are only due to lack of good training. At this rate there will be no one left to train us... This really sucks! Ramy |
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And add some non-reality based Hollywood types and some art directors who didn't take physics in high school Yes, because wild speculation is ALWAYS a good thing to do, when it comes to aircraft accidents... Come on people (you, too, Gary) - we don't know what happened. We don't have facts. We have no clue what the cause was or what people were doing with gliders, cars, ropes, or anything. We don't know if it was pilot error or mechanical problems, and guessing about it or admonishing people that may or may not have been involved helps NO ONE. --Noel |
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Noel, I heard Lynn was also a member of the Evergreen Soaring Club? Did you know him? How much ground launch experience did Lynn have? Do you know who else was involved in shooting this ad? How many glider hours did Lynn have? Can you add anything about his background? The picture in the news articles appears to show the glider with police tape around it, but it does not look very damaged. It's hard to imaging that that glider was involved in a fatal accident, if indeed that is a picture of the accident site. Boggs |
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