Gee! I hate it when these sort of links are given.
Here at home I can only get 28.8 kbps dial up.
Not the senders fault, the fault is Ziggy's or Sol's.
Hope Simon Hackett & Cathy Conway of Agile Communications hurry up with the
wireless transmission upgrade on Mt Barker Summit.
Sheeshs! I'm a stone's throw from a major capital city.
Chris McDonnell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Video of power aircraft having a mid airwith a
glider tow rope
At 09:17 AM 22/01/2007, you wrote:
Hi
I've just come across the following...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTemKnL8X30
which is pretty amazing.
It illustrates a point about the poor visibility from inside high wing
monoplanes and tug planes. I don't think that the power aircraft could
have seen the incoming tug/glider combination but I am surprised that both
the tug and glider pilots did not see the conflicting traffic.
It's a good illustration of the point I make to students that they
*cannot* concentrate just on looking at the tug - but that more general
lookout *has* to be maintained.
The accident could have been much worse if instead of snagging the tow
rope, the power traffic had hit either the tug or the glider.
--
Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
Looks like the towplane was climbing quite steeply. I'd have throught that
the high wing of the ultralight wouldn't get in the way.
Mike
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