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Misceleanous => Misceleanous => Topic started by: DennisZ on September 15, 2010, 09:33:47 AM

Title: (full size) Pilot escapes glider crash
Post by: DennisZ on September 15, 2010, 09:33:47 AM
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01715/glider1-460_1715449c.jpg)

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A stunt pilot escaped from the wreckage of his glider after the plane slammed into a runway in front of 15,000 horrified fans at an airshow.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8001867/Pilot-escapes-glider-crash.html
Title: (full size) Pilot escapes glider crash
Post by: error404 on September 15, 2010, 13:42:00 PM
Lucky Man!!!!!!

More photos here... http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/426626-shoreham-glider-incident-22-08-10-a.html

You tube video here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxbulrrQVig not the best video of it!
Title: (full size) Pilot escapes glider crash
Post by: Richard Boyd on September 16, 2010, 19:51:46 PM
That was cruel ! Great to see the pilot got out OK !
I think these are the guys that flew the Twisters at Portrush airshow !
Guy Westgate and Peter Wells were the pilots on that weekend, 2 very nice gents.

Richard