Glider Crash in Dusseldorf

[punkalouver]

I know, it is slightly out of date. But I had never seen this before and is quite amazing that the pilot survived.

You Tube

[lossiemouth]

That inverted pass

[treadigraph]

That's an Lo-100 I think, recall a German pair displaying in formation at Biggin Hill several times in the 1980s - they finished with a low level inverted beat-up, but always landed safely!

[FUMR]

Originally Posted by punkalouver

I know, it is slightly out of date. But I had never seen this before and is quite amazing that the pilot survived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAWrYBtTzLU

Reposted for the link.

[Krystal n chips]

Leaving the accident aside, it's the proximity to the crowd line and where the glider ends up, right in the middle of commercial airliners on the ramp, that's more, ahem, "interesting ".

[what next]

Originally Posted by Krystal n chips

Leaving the accident aside, it's the proximity to the crowd line and where the glider ends up, right in the middle of commercial airliners on the ramp, that's more, ahem, "interesting ".

There is an article in german Wikipedia about the pilot (Albert Falderbaum) and the accident. He flew inverted along the runway when one of his shoulder belts detatched from the central buckle and hit him in the eye. As a consequence, his aircraft tail came into contact with the runway and the vertical stabiliser detached. He managed to turn away from the spectators and crash land between the parked aircraft. He spent 14 days in a coma after the accident but flew again a few weeks later. Six years after this accident, which was not his first because he had survived the explsion of one of the early jet figthers during World War II, which forced him to wear a steel corset ever after due to the sustained back injury, he finally died because his parachute failed to open during spin trials of a new aircraft type. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Falderbaum

[Quemerford]

I remember seeing photos of the aftermath in Larry Milberry's Sabre book: I didn't realise how impressive the display had been.

[Quemerford]

Sabres are Skylancers aerobatic team.