Join to Connect LASHAM GLIDING SOCIETY LIMITED. On 14 June 2009, a Grob 115E Tutor being operated by the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) and based at RAF Benson was conducting aerobatics in uncontrolled airspace near Drayton, Oxfordshire in day Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) when it collided with a Standard Cirrus Glider on a cross country detail from Lasham. G is the author of the Soaring Engine series of gliding text books. The most comfortable combination of Confor C47 and C45 was found to be Since when have gliders had ejector seats? The two children of the British glider pilot killed on his 60th birthday in South Africa are ‘devastated’ and considering flying out to join their widowed mother. You seldom see accidents with lap belt overload, but it happens. Rescuers raced to the scene but the glass fibre shell of the glider had shattered into hundreds of pieces and Peter’s body was found amongst the scattered wreckage. Richard Carvill G-BJUD. But on Monday he chose to fly alone with plans to glide for over five hours to celebrate his 60th birthday and was launched from the airfield next to the Gariep Dam after dawn. Ett segelflygplan landar på Kråkerås, i Källreda, Tolg, Växjö, den 4 . Martin Gregorie. Share. Any queries or concerns regarding copyright violations should be directed to the website(s) hosting the material in question. I saw the pictures on the news this morning and comment was made of a pilot of a Robin who landed in an adjacent field and rushed to try and save the man who was killed. Date and Time of Accident 15 May 2018 at 11:50 Hrs Local Time 1.0 Factual Information 1.1 History of the flight The aircraft was positioned on the grass to the east of the launch control caravan which was sited close to the threshold of Runway 34 at Lasham Gliding Site. Abstract . World champion female glider killed as her aircraft plummets out of the sky and crashes into a farm corn field. This anonymous form should be filled in as much as possible so as to allow potential damage to any airframe, equipment, building or vehicle to be identified before it is used in a potentially dangerous state. He had received a weather briefing from one of the gliding instructors and, at about 1030 hrs, was informed that the conditions appeared suitable for an attempt at a five-hour duration flight to complete the Silver Certificate requirements. At the 2005 Lasham Regional competition, then aged 82, he completed a triangular 'Diamond C' 505km (313.8-mile) flight, returning to Lasham with the task 'in the bag' after seven hours and 14 minutes in the air. Copyright 2021 Lasham Gliding Society, Airspace in .cub format for Oudie and LX (right click to save), Airspace file in .txt format (right click to save). ‘Peter was launched by winch and wanted to fly for as long as he could on his big day but tragically it wasn’t to be. The PAFA Gliding Club had two SZD-30 Pirats, 302 and 303. The sole purpose of introducing this form is to learn from those accidents / incidents which have been reported to try and prevent reoccurrence. Found inside – Page 1989... yachting , gliding , gardening ; Clubs Royal Southern Yacht , Surrey & Hampshire Gliding , Lasham Gliding Soc ... chief fin offr 1988–91 , chief general mangr 1991–95 ; fin dir General Accident plc 1996-98 . gp exec dir CGU plc ... An argument made is that many gliding animals eat low energy foods such as leaves and are restricted to gliding because of this, whereas flying animals eat more high . John Christopher Armstrong, was known as Chris to friends and family, died after the glider he was flying . Lasham Gliding Society. Found inside – Page 17GLIDING some exTHERE is one type of gliding in aeroplanes which are heavier accident , rare , but usually fatal ... have immediate disastrous struction at Lasham , one of the ships . consequences , but in a glider , of biggest gliding ... ‘He always had a friendly word to say and loved all the dogs on the road. Flying in the years between the two world wars was the preserve of the powerful and the wealthy, or so it was until Sir Alan Cobham's 'Flying Circus' began to tour Britain. In a corner, the Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society has its trophies-to-be-restored on display in the field. ‘Peter was married with two children and was an airline captain with Flybe. From growing up with an alcoholic mother, to his feelings of alienation and struggles with depression, this book takes Mike from his early years, through his staggering fame, his broken marriages, years as a recluse, his rebirth experience ... 1 Min Read. The South African Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that a fatal glider accident occurred near Gariep Dam on Monday morning and that it is being investigated. . There will be no follow-up to try and identify the person writing the form, or the person causing the damage if someone else reports it, by Lasham Gliding Society. A glider being prepared at Gariep Dam. Club chairman Manni Voigt said that their club was extremely popular with British pilots as it was one of the best long distance and soaring centres anywhere in the world. 872 2 0 Boeing 737-8AS. ‘We have daily safety briefings and we stress all the time ‘weather, weather, weather’. He has over 5,000 hours on over 153 types of powered aircraft and over 5,000 hours on over 184 types of glider. Flybe airline captain Peter got into difficulties as he tried to climb and is believed to have stalled the glider and gone into a deadly spin and was unable to pull up the nose before crashing. Highly experienced pilot and Peter Reading, 60, (in glasses) died after his glider stalled on a solo flight over the plains of South Africa, A Jonker JS-1 Revelation glider that is capable of speeds of up to 175mph in normal flight, identical to one Peter was flying. The Club was very active with ex-RAF Poles in the 60's and 70's but understandably they retired from active gliding with advancing years. RAF Lasham, Hampshire, site of the accident that took the life of P. Kwast on 8/4/1944. Found inside – Page 112Lasham Gliding Appeal The Ames Center has so far made no study of the mental or ASHAM airfield , became sonic airliners ... Australian Accident Figures CCIDENTS in Australia which come within the general aviation categories totalled 104 ... I have been flying gliders here for 33 years and I am wary of it on every single flight’ he said. Glider is a Grob 103C, belonging to Imperial College Gliding Club (competition numb. All media is hosted elsewhere and sourced from third-party websites such as BBC, CNN, Reuters, DailyMail, NYtimes, Wikipedia, YouTube, etc. Found inside – Page 32Mr. Steven Dutton kindly prepared the tables of data , using the computer facility at the Lasham Gliding Centre , Hants ... ( a ) Air Accident Investigation Branch , Farnborough , Bulletin 10/89 , Eon 460 ( glider ) BGA 1371 , 2/7/89 . ‘At the end of the day gliding is an adventurous activity and people understand the risks they are taking but sometimes, fortunately very rarely, things can go tragically wrong’ he said. On the side of the nose a chessboard followed by "Polish A.F.A Gliding Club". Bungee launch off a hill at Long Mynd, UK, with the Midland Gliding Club. At the start of a new year, most of us make a resolution or two. It is thought that Peter’s glider was going too slow and lost lift on a wing and stalled and he went into a spin and spiralled down into the hill, The previous day Peter had taken his wife Ingrid, 59, up in a two seater glider for a flight over the wild African Karoo and South Africa’s biggest dam near Norvalspout in the Free State. A 60 . ‘Our thoughts at this stage are with Peter’s family.’ he said. Report this profile . The Yorkshire Gliding Club (YGC) operate from an airfield [note 1] [1] on Sutton Bank in the North York Moors National Park, England.The airfield site is 7 miles (11 km) east of Thirsk along the A170 road and just south of the National Park visitors centre at Sutton Bank. A fantastic gesture of humanity is this day and age. Peter was launched from the airfield next to the Gariep Dam after dawn to celebrate his 60th birthdayÂ. Alan Derek Piggott MBE (born 27 December 1922) is one of Britain's best known glider pilots and instructors. Hampshire Fire and Rescue have sent resources from Basingstoke and Alton to the incident. Found inside – Page 323Gliding Notes by Dr. A. E. Slater If one you want a sailing holiday on the something , and live in it . ... but you pay the first £ 20 for a flying and an approaching warm front which accident , £ 10 for damage on the ground , arrived ... ‘He did a lot of voluntary work as well for his club at Lasham and would be in amongst the top 100 glider pilots in the UK. Found insidekilled in an aircraft accident at Berlin-Aldershof in 1935 and Kronfeld died in an all-wing crash soon after the war. ... G. Mungo Buxton and B.S. Shenstone would work closely together and Buxton's Hjordis glider design was almost ... This title provides a history of flying wings and tailless aircraft. Above and opposite top: winching at Lasham. Deputy Chief Flying Instructor at Lasham Gliding Society Ltd Alton, England, United Kingdom 382 connections. For her to lose her husband in this way is just absolutely heart breaking. A coroner’s report is being prepared along with a request for permission to return the body to the UK where the much loved pilot is being mourned in the gliding community. I am responsible for the day to day management of the largest Gliding Society in the World, linking the Management Committee with the members, local populace and various industrial partners who lease parts of the premises. [2] [3] The club formed in 1934 from an amalgamation of gliding concerns from the West Riding of Yorkshire and has been in . Hampshire Fire and Rescue have sent resources from Basingstoke and Alton to the incident. Click here for the view to the west.. At the 2005 Lasham Regional competition, then aged 82, he completed a triangular 'Diamond C' 505km (313.8-mile) flight, returning to Lasham with the task 'in the bag' after seven hours and 14 minutes in the air. Skilled in glider accident investigation, MOR compliance and reporting processes. RMT1NWWF - Memorial to glider pilot Alan D Purnell who died in a mid-air collision, called the Alpha Lima Armillary Sphere, at Lasham Airfield, Hampshire, UK RM 2CYGHGP - Emergency crews work at the scene of a Royal Canadian Air Force Air Cadet glider crash in Langley, British Columbia September 8, 2013.