Uvalde fatality

Just saw on the AOPA site that there was a glider fatality at the
contest in Uvalde TX yesterday, the 4th.. Anyone have any details?

On Aug 5, 8:48*am, 150flivver wrote:
Just saw on the AOPA site that there was a glider fatality at the
contest in Uvalde TX yesterday, the 4th.. *Anyone have any details?

http://tinyurl.com/2347o3v

Very sad - my condolences.

Andy
9B

On 5 elo, 17:53, Andy wrote:
On Aug 5, 8:48*am, 150flivver wrote:

Just saw on the AOPA site that there was a glider fatality at the
contest in Uvalde TX yesterday, the 4th.. *Anyone have any details?

http://tinyurl.com/2347o3v

Very sad - my condolences.

Andy
9B

Not again My condolences for the family. Chirs was an absolute fun
guy and I cheris the memories of Tonopah, where we had such a great
time.

From the Uvalde newspaper:

http://www.uvaldeleadernews.com/arti...news/news1.txt

This is extremely sad.
-GE

Chris O'Callaghan (OC). Good pilot. Good man. More than a soaring
buddy. I never saw him without a smile on his face. What a loss. My
condolences to Laura and all the friends who were fortunate to know
him better than I did.

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"
USA

I am very very sorry to hear about Chris....Chris was always a "Class Act" a
good person.
My condolences to his family
Tim


"Chip Bearden" wrote in message
...
Chris O'Callaghan (OC). Good pilot. Good man. More than a soaring
buddy. I never saw him without a smile on his face. What a loss. My
condolences to Laura and all the friends who were fortunate to know
him better than I did.

Chip Bearden
ASW 24 "JB"
USA

When Chris started a new magazine (Soaring Pilot) a few years back,
he asked me to write a colum titled (In the Barn) where I would tell
the tale of the last flight of a ship that ended up in my spare parts
barn. Sadly, Chris's ship now has a tale to tell of its last flight.
This is a beautiful sport, but it can bite you.
Rest in peace old friend, I'll meet you under that distant Cu, some
day.
JJ

On Aug 6, 1:21*pm, JJ Sinclair wrote:
When Chris started a new magazine (Soaring Pilot) *a few years back,
he asked me to write a colum titled (In the Barn) where I would tell
the tale of the last flight of a ship that ended up in my spare parts
barn. Sadly, Chris's ship now has a tale to tell of its last flight.
This is a beautiful sport, but it can bite you.
Rest in peace old friend, I'll meet you under that distant Cu, some
day.
JJ

That makes 4 fatal glider accidents in the US alone in 4 weeks.

Originally Posted by brianDG303[_2_]

On Aug 6, 1:21*pm, JJ Sinclair wrote:
When Chris started a new magazine (Soaring Pilot) *a few years back,
he asked me to write a colum titled (In the Barn) where I would tell
the tale of the last flight of a ship that ended up in my spare parts
barn. Sadly, Chris's ship now has a tale to tell of its last flight.
This is a beautiful sport, but it can bite you.
Rest in peace old friend, I'll meet you under that distant Cu, some
day.
JJ

That makes 4 fatal glider accidents in the US alone in 4 weeks.

Is there somewhere where one can identify these accidents and their potential causes? I follow gliding quite closely and I would presume that unless the accident was at a national meet such as O'C's or local to you, it would not get much national coverage. Please advise if you can as the location and nature of the other three accidents within the last four weeks.

Walt

On Aug 9, 9:09*am, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote:
'brianDG303[_2_ Wrote:

;736923']On Aug 6, 1:21*pm, JJ Sinclair wrote:-
When Chris started a new magazine (Soaring Pilot) *a few years back,
he asked me to write a colum titled (In the Barn) where I would tell
the tale of the last flight of a ship that ended up in my spare parts
barn. Sadly, Chris's ship now has a tale to tell of its last flight.
This is a beautiful sport, but it can bite you.
Rest in peace old friend, I'll meet you under that distant Cu, some
day.
JJ-

That makes 4 fatal glider accidents in the US alone in 4 weeks.

Is there somewhere where one can identify these accidents and their
potential causes? *I follow gliding quite closely and I would presume
that unless the accident was at a national meet such as O'C's or local
to you, it would not get much national coverage. *Please advise if you
can as the location and nature of the other three accidents within the
last four weeks.

Walt

--
Walt Connelly

Google NTSB
then hit Aviation
then hit Accident Database & Synopses

this will give you a lot of information in it's database but does not
usually mention CONTEST which seems to be a big factor in accidents.