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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:08 pm    Post subject: slamming into a trailer, a hang glider landing Reply with quote #1   

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #2   
Dooooood! You look seriously constipated there. Was it fun sitting in the audience and watching yourself? ROFL ROFL


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #3   
Someone must contact this pilot, let him know what a dangerous influence this video will have on impressionable hang glider pilots- before they inevitably attempt to emulate trailer-trash landing. I know saying so will likely offend some, but I have no choice other than to voice my superior standards; though it will likely cost me in popularity, that is a price I gladly pay in service to the sport.

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #4   
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 7:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #5   
He landed close to the beers though.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #6   
Keel pocket glider, cocoon harness = old video.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #7   
miraclepieco wrote:
Keel pocket glider, cocoon harness = old video.



some "modern" HGs also got keel pockets, and there are even some present day pilots who use cocoons. however upon inspection of the glider, it appears to be a model from the late 80's.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #8   
I'm getting rid of my pod Z5 and going back to a cocoon because of issues with my ankle. I'll make somebody a heck of a deal on the Z5
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:53 pm    Post subject: Quote Reply with quote #9   
Quote from the flying movie "Redtails":
Experience is a harsh teacher.
First you take the test, then you learn the lesson.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #10   
Object fixation at its best. Good thing he has all that padding or he might have broke something besides his glider and pride
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #11   
Looks like he was aiming for the backdoor.

Fortunately both downtubes broke instead of his arms.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #12   
Are you guys saying that's not a proper landing?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #13   
David W. Johnson wrote:
Are you guys saying that's not a proper landing?

Any landing that you can waddle to the fridge and couch is a good landing, no?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #14   
Looks like he tried a "fly on the wall landing". He failed.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #15   
I saw this scenario almost repeated at LMFP this weekend ...

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #16   
Sky_Walker wrote:
I saw this scenario almost repeated at LMFP this weekend ...

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Hmmm.... were you watching it in POV from the saddle of your new Sport2? Is that why you're so reluctant to share photos with us? Laughing

I watched a guy careen into one of the cabins once. People sure can get stupid! He was trying to land close to the tow pavilion so he could tow again without walking too far. He ran out of altitude and had to stop turning sooner than planned... which happened to leave him pointing straight across the field toward the cabins. That's when target fixation took hold. Fortunately both his leading edges hit the porch posts stopping him short before he could face plant into the side of the building. He was fine, though his Eagle 164 was in need of 2 new leading edges.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #17   
el_loco wrote:
Looks like he tried a "fly on the wall landing". He failed.


Fly-on-the-windshield: success!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #18   
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People sure can get stupid! He was trying to land close to the tow pavilion so he could tow again without walking too far. He ran out of altitude and had to stop turning sooner than planned...


Perhaps the most common reason for serious crashes at Lookout- wanting to land near the tow line. There's nothing like pulling dirt out of the helmet of somebody you like, packing up the wing while they get packed into an ambulance- all 'cuz they put a premium on convenience. The Earth cares not at all for your convenience.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote #19   
well, to be positive:

he did not stall
he did not nose in
he did not groundloop
he did not eehm..

well, im sure most of his other landings are better.
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