Perhaps. please enlighten me?? if there are things to be learned how about we learn them?? But i doubt it the basic premise of my post which is that it is unsafe near the ground is false.
Rgds On 23 October 2014 18:52, Sue & Bernie <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
