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Hang Gliders at Woodrat

Postby MikeP » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:01 am

Here's some crazy stuff I witnessed this year (oops, last year) at Woodrat. After landing at the winery in high winds we watched a couple of HGs making for the same LZ. Figured they had it. No problem. Boy were we surprised.
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Happy New Year!

Mike
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Re: Hang Gliders at Woodrat

Postby rickdavids » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:04 am

Geez, that's pretty hairy. Looks like the first pilot pulled off a non-injury landing at the last second. Did you ever hear what happend with the second pilot that bounced off the power lines? It looked really bad before the pilot went out of camera view. Did the he/she pull off a last-second save as well?
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Re: Hang Gliders at Woodrat

Postby MikeP » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:55 am

The second pilot escaped injury,amazingly, but the glider was destroyed. Both pilots are OK
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