Chris is correct; I was thinking of John's painstaking work of art. I was also referring to him **not** belonging to our Club, just because he was not helped build it. Had been in our Club, he would have been subject to our annual check flights in a glider and hopefully any bad habit of thermalling low and slow would have been identified. Also we hope he would have absorbed our safety culture.
Robert: Yes, one of members spun in at DDSC and he certainly had had a check flight with us plus training for AEI. He also broke every rule in the book of cross country soaring before the inevitable spin in! Clubs cannot be held accountable for pilots who deliberately break the rules. I am going to a meeting of the motor gliding club at the Caboolture Aero Club tonight where no doubt the accident will be discussed and the people first on the accident scene will be there. PeterS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Mc Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:15 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [Aus-soaring] Glider Crash it says in Courier Mail- clickbelow > Given the link given I took Peter to be referring to the waste of a > beautiful aircraft and all the work done. > > Chris McDonnell > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Soaring in Australia" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: [Aus-soaring] Glider Crash it says in Courier Mail- > clickbelow > > > > Peter Stephenson wrote: > > > >> http://www.auf.asn.au/constructors/everest.html What a waste! One will > >> wonder whether an annual check flight by a gliding club instructor could > >> have prevented this spin-in from happening. > >> > > > > Peter > > > > That is a very thoughtless thing to say - particularly when one of your > > own club members killed himself earlier this year spinning in. He had had > > an annual check hadn't he - and that did not stop his accident so what > > makes you think that an annual check ride is enough to prevent spin ins? > > > > -- > > Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > > > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
