Bob that reminds me of Dave shorter's episode near Mt Kaputar in NW NSW near Narrabri. Don't know the circumstances leading to it but he and his aircraft ended up lodged high in the tree canopy. Macca would know more. Some friends set about recovering it some time later. Mark was as agile as a monkey so he scored the job of climbing up to secure a harness and rope to the airframe. With the other end of the rope connected to a chopper it was eventually lifted free and returned to its trailer in a pretty sad state.
Laurie -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 12/9/16, Bob Wilson <expr...@pnc.com.au> wrote: Subject: RE: [DOG mailing list] G109 To: dog@lists.riverland.net.au Received: Monday, 12 September, 2016, 3:15 PM All, We had a similar situation at Mount Beauty about 15 years ago. An IS 28 stalled and went into the trees on top of a ridge. It was held hanging vertical by the tail plane. The canopy was smashed. The pilot and the young boy pax simply undid their harness and stepped onto a huge branch next to the cockpit. At that stage there were no injuries except for a few scratches on their face. The young fellow got the jitters and jumped to the ground which was just a bit too far, probably 25-30 ft up. Broke his arm. We took a tow rope up with us to the site, having first sighted the glider in the tree, and first on site, and somehow got it over a branch above the pilot and made a safety harness to hold/tie him in the tree, because he was woozy, and close to faint. Then the ses arrived and hour and half later we had the pilot down in a stretcher for the very steep decent to the roadway below. They cut the huge tree down to get the glider down as they were worried it would fall and spear down the slope into the road. If it wasn't broken when it was in the tree it sure was after they got it down. Bob W From: dog@lists.riverland.net.au [mailto:dog@lists.riverland.net.au] On Behalf Of Nigel Baker Sent: Monday, 12 September 2016 9:46 PM To: DOGS <dog@lists.riverland.net.au> Subject: [DOG mailing list] G109 Reminds me of Patch and his book of 101 things to do with a Blanik. He would probably suggest this to be entered into 101 things to do with a G109. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/09/10/glider-pilot-survives-crash-into -tree-on-interstate-80-in-placer-county/ Is this guy lucky or what. Reminds me of a scene in Air America where Mel Gibson releases his harness to drop to the ground to avoid being a sitting duck. I bet it never entered this guys mind. That is still a long way up. Nige. _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> Version: 2016.0.7752 / Virus Database: 4649/12990 - Release Date: 09/10/16 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> Version: 2016.0.7752 / Virus Database: 4649/13001 - Release Date: 09/11/16 --------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to the Dimona Owners Group mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to: dog-unsubscr...@lists.riverland.net.au
