Parachuting through cloud perhaps? PeterS ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANDREW WRIGHT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK
> A horrible accident!! Interesting however that this is not the first time an > accident like this has happened, ie glider / parachutist. I just wonder how > "freak" it is! Could it be that they doing something wrong over there? > > > > > Date sent: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:10:04 +1000 > From: Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > See > > > > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/02/1022982651860.html > > > > for the whole article > > > > Headline > > > > > > Parachutist's death dive kills glider pilot > > > > June 3 2002 > > > > > > Investigations were continuing today into a freak mid-air collision > > over central England when a skydiver smashed through the wing of a > > glider, killing both himself and the glider pilot. > > > > The skydiver and the glider pilot died early yesterday following the > > accident at Hinton Airfield, near Brackley, Northamptonshire. > > > > The glider's wing was knocked off by the force of the skydiver's > > impact and both people plunged to their deaths from around 600 metres, > > an Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) spokesman said. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with > > "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > > > ANDREW WRIGHT > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
