glider landing in thunderstorm

During a glider landing at CCSC a thunderstorm blew in forcing gliders to land. This was hairy stuff. No ILS, no instrument system.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• CCSC
• glider
• thunderstorm
• sailplane

[LotsOfGreatStuff]

He was alive, all that coutns

[wa1zlv]

WTF, three of four guys run out and not one of them brings out an umbrella??? ;-)

Glad everyone was ok.

[underverser]

That was not a de-crap landing... ;)

[saildapper2001]

Was he coming in so fast and with wings on level on purpose, or couldn't see, or something else? As a fellow glider pilot, I want to learn from this (before it's me).

[gtafan2006]

you know now that i watched the video again it probably wasnt the best idea to jsut run out in the open somebody coulda got hit by lightning a truck woulda been a better option cause then the pilot coulda stayed inside where it was safe.

[gtafan2006]

just goes to show ya storms can move in without notice on a really nice day. i know last night there was a storm but it said nothing about storms in the weather forecast

[gtafan2006]

i saw something kinda like that happen to a powerd parachute pilot once i was out at a lake and theres a small ultralight strip nearby and i sawa guy out in the thing with a thunderstorm headed our way he was flying into the wind and not going forwards very fast . then he turned around and the wind pushed him and i think he might have had to make an emergency landing in a field or something cause all i saw was the chute starting to collapes becuase it wasnt getting lift.

[Podaliny]

Why did they fly in the first place? sounds ridiculous with weather like that, ESPECIALLY for a glider

[GarrardA59]

This landing was made at the 2007 U.S. Sports Class Nationals. I witnessed the landing from the left of the camera. A sudden overdeveloped squall line came through. All the armchair quarterbacks second guessing the situation here have no knowledge of the conditions and extreme skill shown by many pilots that day in getting safely on the ground during this race. Don is an excellent pilot and his plane had only a green grass stain on the starboard wing. Gary Adams GA2

[Airborneready]

Looking at the conditions he was under, That is a very good landing. I take my hat off to the pilot.

[qHighFlyerp]

He should have flown away of the rain and landed in a field

[69NOMAN69]

i did a thunderstorm in my hangglider,ya i sshhiitt my pants.GOD bitch slapped me.