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astir 8
30th Jun 2014, 17:47
Thanks BBC and local press!:ugh:

BBC News - Glider crashes into Uffington White Horse (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-28079708)

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/archive/2014/06/29/11308053.Glider_comes_down_at_the_White_Horse/?ref=arc

Glider undamaged
Pilot uninjured

Would anyone care to define the word "crash" to the BBC?

500N
30th Jun 2014, 19:05
The media are getting worse !

Everything has to be crash, emergency, danger, nearly killed ............

treadigraph
30th Jun 2014, 19:34
Ah, whatever happened to the good old fashioned plummet?

Sir George Cayley
30th Jun 2014, 20:12
Any news on the Horse?

It's just he missed his milk round this morning;)

SGC

TurningFinals
30th Jun 2014, 22:31
Unfortunately what we call 'landing out' the media will always call 'crashing' because 'glider crashes' is a better headline than 'glider lands out without incident.'