It seems as though the glider took a while to break up. It first goes pear shaped at 0:12 then the camera man looks away and we see it again at 0:19, 7 seconds later, and he hasn't fallen far from the glider.
he did not get off the glider broke up in mid air possibly due to the negative loading on the wing as the wing is designed to fly under possitive loading at all times
I don't think he intentionally cut away from the glider. It appears to me as the the keel has broken and ripped away from the glider. You can see what looks like the keel just before he lands. Modern gliders (certainly my T2, takes the hang loop over the X Tube Tension wires for such an event as this).
It would be interesting to know what glider this is and of course the fact about what actually happned as these are assumptions on my part from replays of the Vid.
amazing video!
reuniontapersex 5 months ago
Oh,lacdomiomarschliXD
Smileyflyer 1 year ago
next time dont drop the camera when something happens glad he was ok though
justinRkeaton 1 year ago
Wow !! I thought for sure he was going to get a pole up his ass.
nerblebun 1 year ago
...a happy ending for pilot, thanks to that
trusty 'chute. Curious that the pilot
separated from glider (I've learned to
try to get the glider between you and ground so it absorbs some of impact).
Also noted the pilotless glider recovered
itself after almost-vertical dives despite
its broken-wing condition; evidently
the luff lines and reflex bridles were
still mostly intact and functioning.
jwm239 2 years ago
0:35 "heilig´ strohsack" xD
Schwerter08 2 years ago 6
What's yours parachute?
stanleycoutorocha 3 years ago
lol
pottoka1964 3 years ago
It seems as though the glider took a while to break up. It first goes pear shaped at 0:12 then the camera man looks away and we see it again at 0:19, 7 seconds later, and he hasn't fallen far from the glider.
ian9toes 3 years ago
he did not get off the glider broke up in mid air possibly due to the negative loading on the wing as the wing is designed to fly under possitive loading at all times
woodysr2 3 years ago
WTF, Why did he get off the glider? Ive never heard of that before, surely stay with the thing??????
tanyano9 3 years ago
I don't think he intentionally cut away from the glider. It appears to me as the the keel has broken and ripped away from the glider. You can see what looks like the keel just before he lands. Modern gliders (certainly my T2, takes the hang loop over the X Tube Tension wires for such an event as this).
It would be interesting to know what glider this is and of course the fact about what actually happned as these are assumptions on my part from replays of the Vid.
scottglider 2 years ago