Amazing photos of a Glider crash
10 January 2011, 08:59 PM
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Amazing photos of a Glider crash
10 January 2011, 09:14 PM
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very fortunate.
Understatement of 2011
he's about as lucky as you can get, if that was me I would be buying a lottery ticket.
10 January 2011, 09:17 PM
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WOW that must have hurt
10 January 2011, 09:17 PM
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A friend was there and saw this ........................ Team Swift pilot
10 January 2011, 09:19 PM
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someone had a sore ***!!!
10 January 2011, 09:20 PM
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Amazes me how many crashes there are at air shows!!
10 January 2011, 09:22 PM
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didn't hear about that at the time, Shoreham's only down the road from me.
in a way, i guess the fact that the glider is so light actually helped. Any significant weight behind it and the cockpit would have been wiped out completely.
10 January 2011, 10:23 PM
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I did not read the story but it looks like he had a parachute on ?
10 January 2011, 10:25 PM
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Plane protection with the name *** hahahaha
10 January 2011, 10:33 PM
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change of pants required.
11 January 2011, 01:18 AM
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I bet the wing helped save him. C.A.A. report should be out some time this year.
11 January 2011, 01:26 AM
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I bet the wing helped save him. C.A.A. report should be out some time this year.
He flew into the ground, no need for a report lol.
11 January 2011, 01:30 AM
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He flew into the ground, no need for a report lol.
We the Flying Geeks demand a report, we're tax payers and the bloke that does them is sat drinking tea at her majesty's expense.
11 January 2011, 01:39 AM
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11 January 2011, 10:54 AM
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He pushed things a bit too far on the final approach alright.
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11 January 2011, 10:57 AM
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He'll get piles from sitting on cold concrete like that!!
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