fly_tornado Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Glider pilot dies while practicing for the National Gliding Championships in Goondiwindi story https://au.news.yahoo.com/qld/a/37400144/person-dies-in-glider-crash-on-qld-border/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Very sad That’s the 4th glider fatality in about a month Not good for the gliding fraternity losing fellow flyers Condolences to all the families and friends of those recently lost living out the passion of aviation for which we all love 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Glider pilot killed in crash during national championships Kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldo Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 So sad, my thoughts tonight are with the tug pilot who saw it happen, I was flying into Toowoomba this afternoon and heard the mayday call made on the 126.7 CTAF frequency there was no response to the call and he made a second call, I responded to the second call as he sounded extremely distressed saying a glider had just gone nose first into the ground, I relayed the call to BNE centre it took several minutes (or it seemed that long) for the pilot to be able to tell me where he was and who he was so I was then able to pass that onto centre who must have then got emergency services notified and underway. I hope someone is looking after him tonight, also condolences to the family of the glider pilot. Aldo 3 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I hope someone is looking after him tonight, also condolences to the family of the glider pilot. Aldo I hope you also have someone to share with tonight, Aldo. Well done today. Kaz 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldo Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I hope you also have someone to share with tonight, Aldo. Well done today.Kaz Cheers appreciate that I've had a good chat to my wife (she's also a pilot) about it. Aldo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastus Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 So sad, my thoughts tonight are with the tug pilot who saw it happen, I was flying into Toowoomba this afternoon and heard the mayday call made on the 126.7 CTAF frequency there was no response to the call and he made a second call, I responded to the second call as he sounded extremely distressed saying a glider had just gone nose first into the ground, I relayed the call to BNE centre it took several minutes (or it seemed that long) for the pilot to be able to tell me where he was and who he was so I was then able to pass that onto centre who must have then got emergency services notified and underway.I hope someone is looking after him tonight, also condolences to the family of the glider pilot. Aldo Thanks Aldo, That was me. It was very distressing. Investigations continue. Robert 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldo Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Thanks Aldo,That was me. It was very distressing. Investigations continue. Robert Robert Glad to hear that you got back on the ground ok, knew you were short of fuel and was hoping that you were concentrating on flying your aircraft, didn't want to ask too many questions but just enough to let centre know what was happening and get them to start to mobilize things. I hope you are going ok and have some people with you tonight, you did an excellent job this afternoon. Aldo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 That sailplane is seriously cracked into pieces. It must have been one hell of a crash. If I am not mistaken we can see the insides of the fuselage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Thanks Aldo,That was me. It was very distressing. Investigations continue. Robert Sorry you had to witness this Rastus....condolence to family and friends ... very sad indeed ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Always sad to lose a fellow aviator, Condolences to the pilots family & friends. Good effort Aldo. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hargraves Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Just bloody awful news again, my thoughts go to all our flying brothers and familys affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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