At 07:10 5/07/2011, you wrote:
These are two seperate incidents on Sunday.
Not so - both reports are of the same accident and are almost identically worded in places: same location, same time, same intended flight track and pilot injury. I doubt there are that many fields near Appleton Wiske!
What it does show is that it pays to know where you are relative to local towns and villages, because your GPS can be damaged when you most need to know your precise location and a reference by landmarks, roads or villages can help the emergency services. It eventually took a passer-by to work out where he was.
Wombat
Mobile phones of assistance in both cases. <http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9120764.Lucky_escape_as_glider_crashes_into_field/>http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9120764.Lucky_escape_as_glider_crashes_into_field/ http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9120771.Glider_crashes_in_North_Yorkshire/ _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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