http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foka_%28glider%29
No mention on how the wings are connected.
PeterS
On 13/08/2010 12:00 AM, gavin wrigley wrote:
Not too much known at the moment, but I believe that the glider
was a Foka.
> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:34:24 +1000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Incident in the UK
>
>
> I do not like the Twin Astir wing connection system because
it is hard
> to check that the connectors are in the correct position.
Just checking
> them can inadvertently disconnect them!
> PeterS
> >
> > On 12/08/2010 10:07 AM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
> >> It is possible to fly and not have the wings come
off even without
> >> the main pin on a Slingsby Kestrel.
> >>
> >> Happened to a pilot I knew in the UK. Fortunately
the wings didn't
> >> part company until the end of the landing roll after
an auto tow
> >> when he noticed that BOTH wingtips were resting on
the ground.
> >>
> >> Sounds like this may have been a K13. Anybody know
for sure? The
> >> Brits had a wing come off a K7 a few years ago under
similar
> >> circumstances IIRC.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> At 09:15 AM 12/08/2010, you wrote:
> >>> From several reports you can perhaps read
between the lines that the
> >>> wings both fell off at the top of a winch
launch.
> >>> Aircraft was rigged and flown once previously in
the day.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Donald"
<[email protected]>
> >>> To: "aus-soaring"
<[email protected]>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 8:20 AM
> >>> Subject: [Aus-soaring] Incident in the UK
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Does anyone know anything about this?
> >>>>
> >>>>
http://www.news.com.au/world/woman-killed-when-wings-fall-off-glider/story-e6frfkyi-1225904193456
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dave
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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