WhiskeyRomeo Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Glider pilot, 58-year-old Hirao Akihiro, survives a mid-air collision with a jet aircraft. News story: http://www.nbc4.tv/news/9757439/detail.html
Pilotasso Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 16000 feet?! that glider wanted to reach da moon heh? .
britgliderpilot Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 16000 feet?! that glider wanted to reach da moon heh? Wave flying . . . . grin. Minden is the wave capital of America, I hope to make the pilgrimage one day. Diamond flights (that's a fifteen thousand foot height gain . . . . . ) are commonplace there, it's a truly spectacular place . . . . Re-bloody-spect for that pilot - lucky as all hell! Unfortunately, though, I think he'll probably have missed out on the badge - probably got aerotowed to 2k feet, and even if they recover the logger from the wreckage . . . . . I doff my cap to the pilot involved - it is an incredibly lucky and awesomely spectacular way to earn a place in the Caterpillar Club. He won't have to buy a beer in a gliding club for the rest of his life! edit - I'm miffed that they spec the Lear, but not the glider - he was flying an ASW27, which is a single-seat, 15m Racing Class glider. The whole trailing edge moves for either flaps or ailerons, it's smashing machine. Vne is 154 knots, 48:1 glide angle. One site couldn't find any data on the ASW27 and posted a pic of an ASH25 instead saying it was "similar". Similar, yeah, except it's an Open Class (ie. Rules=no) and it's got 30 feet more wingspan and two seats . . . . . !! Shame it went down, it's a nice ship. Still, rather lose the aircraft than your life :) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
Force_Feedback Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Very lucky dude, he was lucky his glider was that high up, otherwise only the Sks-94 could have saved him, which is a bit more expensive than a chute ($30000), but can save lives at low levels, and even on the runway, provided you're going faster than 60 kph, and at that speed it ain't pretty, the chute will slow you down, but no smooth fluffy landings, just a 45 degree slam, with some slowing down from the chute. Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
nscode Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Next time he'll bring a R-60 to shoot down those nasty airliners :D Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
Force_Feedback Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Next time he'll bring a R-60 to shoot down those nasty airliners :D Only 45kg, with manual ignition :P Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
pschelchshorn Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 we have an ASW-27 in our club. Our Head owns it. great shit! Flip "Imagine the reason that people hold on to hatred so stubbornly is because if the hate is removed, the pain will set in. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Lt.Seahawk Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Wow that dude was lucky for sure DCS F-14 Tomcat Alley Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ceS859w
britgliderpilot Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Very lucky dude, he was lucky his glider was that high up, otherwise only the Sks-94 could have saved him, which is a bit more expensive than a chute ($30000), but can save lives at low levels, and even on the runway, provided you're going faster than 60 kph, and at that speed it ain't pretty, the chute will slow you down, but no smooth fluffy landings, just a 45 degree slam, with some slowing down from the chute. Sixteen thousand feet? Heh, heh, heh. Our chutes are advertised as working from a standstill at three HUNDRED feet - a hundred feet to accelerate, a hundred feet for the chute to open, and a hundred feet to decelerate. 'Course, you've got to be out of the aircraft at that point, which is where the really interesting part comes in . . . . http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
TekaTeka Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Other news stories of the event: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20060829/NEWS/108290055 http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/NEWS15/608290365/1144 The both pilots and the passengers were very lucky. (Of course the accident was very unlucky. :renske: ) Now they have a good story to tell for the rest of their life. :clap_2: TekaTeka from Japan [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Visit my site Beyond Visual Range.
dodger42 Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Sixteen thousand feet? Our chutes are advertised as working from a standstill at three HUNDRED feet - a hundred feet to accelerate, a hundred feet for the chute to open, and a hundred feet to decelerate. That's cool Brit. 300ft is pretty much bare minimum even in military applications (static line), though from what I've read some poor Rangers were dropped from lower than that in Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury) rendering a lot of them combat ineffective. . . . Lockon Advanced Realism with Touch-Buddy
WhiskeyRomeo Posted August 31, 2006 Author Posted August 31, 2006 Other news stories of the event: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20060829/NEWS/108290055 http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/NEWS15/608290365/1144 Good find! Thanks for the links. Extra information about the wheels up landing of the Hawker X800. Part of the right wing was missing, and an engine was blown out. A piece of the glider was sticking out of the front windshield. The mid-air collision knocked the cockpit instruments out of the panel and nearly into the lap of the pilot, said Steve Lewis, owner of Sterling Air. He said the plane skid on its belly for about 3,000 feet.
britgliderpilot Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 That's cool Brit. 300ft is pretty much bare minimum even in military applications (static line), though from what I've read some poor Rangers were dropped from lower than that in Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury) rendering a lot of them combat ineffective. They're effectively BASE jumping chutes, they're actually spring-loaded for a faster deployment ;) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
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