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nevillestyke
3rd Feb 2019, 08:50
Was Andy another one of the Parham 'bombers'?
https://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/glider-pilot-stuck-in-trees-at-sussex-beauty-spot-is-saved-after-four-hour-operation-1-8795388
biscuit74
3rd Feb 2019, 16:40
Lucky - neat bit of work by the helicopter rescue crew.
A wee bit too close to the trees while ridge running perhaps?
treadigraph
3rd Feb 2019, 18:08
Think it was a pretty good northerly breeze yesterday so the Parham crowd were more than likely slope soaring.
biscuit74
3rd Feb 2019, 19:05
Sounds likely - thanks.
snapper1
4th Feb 2019, 13:01
Longer version. Final bit looks more like an ejection than an extraction.
https://tinyurl.com/y8go9m4e
nevillestyke
5th Feb 2019, 18:34
Longer version. Final bit looks more like an ejection than an extraction.
https://tinyurl.com/y8go9m4e
Yes, it was a bit of a bungee launch from the sailplane (Shark?). I hope that his parachute handle was securely stowed.