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Old 15th Feb 2018, 17:29
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blind pew
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Wires depends the type of flying

Had three friends and a colleague hit wires.
First was a DC9 check pilot whose militia job was a chopper instructor..he and his pupil died. The second was a partner in a competition glider who woke up in hospital with some burns after a field landing.
Third was a paraglider pilot whom I suggested to try the bigger picture whicb he excelled at until he strapped a Gopro to his motorglider wing tip and removed the elevator trying to get a better shot.RIP
Number four was a top airline base trainer who got tangled into a thick wire..paraglided slid along and then off it and continued flying.
Done rather a lot of low flying for a civi..much of it in the alps and did find myself looking up at one pylon ..just at the right moment the sun reflected off a cable and I was able to fly out from the ridge and over it. Turned up at Vinon sur Verdon the week when two pilots had died..one touched the mountain face the second an avalanche protection cable where they send the charge down the wire and remotely trigger it.
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