Gliding Gone Wrong!

A private gliding club -- demonstrating the importance of checking 'Both' Canopies are closed when flying solo. -- The canopy opened on take off via winch, and AMAZINGLY did not fly off. The pilot completed a circuit before landing with a well ventilated cockpit.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• GLIDING
• extreme
• Funny
• action
• airplane
• helicopter
• plane
• cadets
• flying

[OnlyOneAdventure]

Yes Nibblers999 -  It is indeed Upavon

[neilbee]

I always thought that was normal, I always fly my glider with the canopy open.

[winterka100]

The passenger farted.

[sablatnic]

@TC07TC

With a bit of bad luck, the canopy will cut off the tail feathers, and then you can just hope to be high enough to get out, and the parachute with you.

[MysticKnight38]

mmmmmm prefight BSISTERC..... c would be canopy. I did that once in a 2-23. 50 feet above the ground it opened. I closed it and looked to see where I was in relation to the tow plane.... I was low and.... really far away, before I could figure why the instructor in the back seat said," don't worry, I released" We landed and I turned to look at the instructor.... she was as white as a ghost...lol

[bullseatpizza]

622 VGS?

[saliordude]

is that up avon it looks so much like it like im sure it is but its been 12-13 years since i have glided there

[caladito]

Que video tan estupido

[Wooter91]

Last year I have managed to close the canopy...and forget to lock it. At about 80 meters it flew open, fortunately the instructor managed to get her on the ground safely. Could have ended way worse. This kind of mistakes you only make once, I bet the pilot of this plane too will never forget making sure all the canopies are safely locked.

[TC07TC]

what's so wrong about?