I am not sure that we should be placing much credence on the 2000' altitude. It may turn out to be correct, but initial witness reports frequently turn out to be wrong, particularly where an estimate of altitude is concerned.
For details of the 1995 accident in France, including an insight into the legal proceedings, see: http://www.makeithappen.com/jumps/news/news87.html -- Brian Wade Personal Computer Concepts Uniform Time http://www.uniformtime.com.au PO Box 114 INDOOROOPILLY QLD 4068 Ph: 07 3371 2944 Fax: 07 3870 4103 ----- 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.
