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Old August 30th 09, 03:30 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Frank[_12_]
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Default towplane collides with glider, prop hits wingtip

On Aug 29, 8:34*pm, "vaughn"
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"tstock" wrote in message

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Any clues as to what caused the tow pilot to lose control at the end
of the runway and/or make the hard right turn into the glider's path?


Plain old taildragger-type ground loop?

Another question is what kind of brakes did that glider have? *It didn't
seem to have been doing very much stopping.

Vaughn


Lets all be thankful that the wingtip was the only thing chomped up by
the prop - could just as easily have been pilot hamburger!

TA
 




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