I can only assume that you have no idea what happened at Goondiwindi Ron. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Sanders Sent: Thursday, 23 October 2014 9:30 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] flying near the ground during finishes
In 1987 I was at Benalla crewing for a Danish pilot who had hired my ASW20B for the event. Naturally enough people were in the practise days preceding the comp doing just that, practising. Some were even practising "worm-burners" and getting down very low "in ground effect" not having surveyed the area in which they would be doing "Worm Burners" or in any other way looked at the area. A Frenchman called Eric Sideau hit a power line leading to a house more than one km from the then finish line --- crashed, killed himself, started a big fire and everyone said what a tragedy. I, for once kept my counsel but thought to myself "FMBD, what the hell was he doing there??" The comp had not even started. And so it goes on. Benalla, Narromine, Goodiwndi, where next?? Ron S _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
