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Old August 30th 09, 07:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Maciek K.
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Default towplane collides with glider, prop hits wingtip


place and time: competition at Pila in Poland, late August 2009


It happened a year ago, in 2008. The rest is true. Thank God noone got
injured. But there were a few more accidents during that competition. A few
days before one pilot got heavily injured crashing his Cobra glider in a
spin during an outlanding near airfield. It was a very unlucky competition.
Four damaged gliders, one damaged winch, one car (hit by one of the landing
gliders), and finally the tug. Also the weather was very poor: four tasks
played during 16 days of competition (two of them played on the 16th day -
yes, two tasks played one day).

Maciek