29-01-2012, 09:55 PM
G'day Paul
Full ground calls would not have prevented this one. It was an interesting case of Mick flying a very tight upwind and Owen taking off and joining downwind rapidly.
If we want to attempt to avoid such things in the future aircraft taking off need to fly a true x wind leg and join downwind near the power lines. Having said that the way the wind was today going near the lines was not advisable.
Neither pilot was flying contrary to club rules and ground calls were made as specified from my perspective.
It was a rare case of a reasonably pure shit happens accident.
Beautifully documented by Micks onboard camera I must add!
Cheers
Rob B
Full ground calls would not have prevented this one. It was an interesting case of Mick flying a very tight upwind and Owen taking off and joining downwind rapidly.
If we want to attempt to avoid such things in the future aircraft taking off need to fly a true x wind leg and join downwind near the power lines. Having said that the way the wind was today going near the lines was not advisable.
Neither pilot was flying contrary to club rules and ground calls were made as specified from my perspective.
It was a rare case of a reasonably pure shit happens accident.
Beautifully documented by Micks onboard camera I must add!
Cheers
Rob B