Can I park my Glider here ?
01 July 2002, 11:14 AM
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Was sitting in the lounge watching the footie on Sunday with some friends, when one of them says "Errrr A glider has just landed outside"
Looked out and sure enough someone had landed a glider on the Tye (common) just over the road from the house. Wandered over for a chat. He'd been trying to get to the local airfield (about 5 miles away) when he ran out of clouds. Decided to dump it on the nice flat bit of Tye. Unfortunately he dropped it too hard and bust the undercarriage. Anyway someone gave him a lift to the airfield and he came back a half hour later to pick his glider up.
Livened up the afternoon anyway
Deano
Looked out and sure enough someone had landed a glider on the Tye (common) just over the road from the house. Wandered over for a chat. He'd been trying to get to the local airfield (about 5 miles away) when he ran out of clouds. Decided to dump it on the nice flat bit of Tye. Unfortunately he dropped it too hard and bust the undercarriage. Anyway someone gave him a lift to the airfield and he came back a half hour later to pick his glider up.
Livened up the afternoon anyway
Deano
01 July 2002, 11:26 AM
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Could have been worse............straight through your living room window 
Looks like a nice place to live,if he had landed it were i live it wouldnt have been there when he got back
Can see it now........one glider needs slight attention £100 ono buyer collects
Looks like a nice place to live,if he had landed it were i live it wouldnt have been there when he got back
Can see it now........one glider needs slight attention £100 ono buyer collects
01 July 2002, 11:27 AM
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Aaaahhh, the joys of cross country......
What part of the country? Do you know the club? Technically speaking
he probably ran out of thermals rather than clouds . Looked like a good day for it though.
What part of the country? Do you know the club? Technically speaking
he probably ran out of thermals rather than clouds . Looked like a good day for it though.
01 July 2002, 11:38 AM
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Nimbus - Technically speaking I think he ran out of altitude
East Anglia. Club is based at RAF Wattisham - I'm not sure to be honest if its a civvie club or one of the Volunteer glider squadrons.
Deano
East Anglia. Club is based at RAF Wattisham - I'm not sure to be honest if its a civvie club or one of the Volunteer glider squadrons.
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01 July 2002, 12:21 PM
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It would have to be a rather large thermal to lift it without them its true
Have some pics before they dismantled it but they're a bit bigger and my freebie webspace is full.
Deano
Have some pics before they dismantled it but they're a bit bigger and my freebie webspace is full.
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