my father is now 73 years young and still works along side me in the family business,he flies both powered planes and gliders. this is him at Jaca spain flying the Pyrenees in his shk glider, its wooden constructed in I think 1966.i must say im very proud of him,hope you like the pics.
Gliding in Jaca - YouTube apparently the local roads are fantastic and im told frequented by lots of bikes.
I just watched an "air crash investigation" programme about a Air Canada 767 that ran out of fuel. Both engines stopped and it started gliding from 27000 ft They tried to divert to Winnipeg but calculated that they would crash 12 miles short They found a disused military air strip closer so diverted to that. As they arrived they found they were far too high. They couldn't loose height because they would gain too much speed and had no flaps. They couldn't do a 360 turn they didn't have enough height. The Captain was a glider pilot and used that experience to throw it in to a side slip it lost all the height and got down safely all Beit with no nose wheel Oh and the runway had been turned into a drag strip and there was a meeting on when they dropped in
Gimli Glider - Condensed Re-enactment - YouTube Hope I am not hijacking the thread a bit. this is a link to a condensed version of the story of the "Gimli Glider"
