glider landing in thunderstorm

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Description: During a glider landing at CCSC a thunderstorm blew in forcing gliders to land. This was hairy stuff. No ILS, no instrument system.
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fastattack1 ::: Favorites I think this was idiotic on behalf of the pilot especially if he was just flying locally.. cross country maybe.. but even then I would not risk flying in a thunderstorm. Even if it was a competition.. I would've either waited it out or landed at a nearby airport or field, outside of the storm. 07-09-03 23:12:26 __________________________________________________
cirrusflyboy ::: Favorites With that amount of rainfall I doubt if the pilot could see very much during the approach. Gliders do not have screen wipers. There may have also been a strong cross-wind, sink and turbulence associated with the thunderstorm. 07-09-03 18:38:08 __________________________________________________
Orwall ::: Favorites As a glider pilot, I also think that the pilot's speed (the angle this guy is flying!) and horizontal allignment (that right wing is *way* too low) were terrible. It's clear that his base and final, if present, were such that he required a constantly correcting right turn not to end somewhere in the scenery and this took until touch down! That he "landed" without damage is not due to his flying skills, I'm afraid. 07-08-31 14:33:59 __________________________________________________
jsrobertss ::: Favorites This would have snapped the tail boom of a "normal" glider. The Genesis is very robust. Also check out Winch Launched Glider Flight for a really neat launch and flight sequence. 07-08-31 02:16:01 __________________________________________________
KDAY24 ::: Favorites Nice landing though. For a minute he was goin backwards and without fliiping it. that's luck mixed with skills. Kudos to the pilot. 07-08-13 10:21:50 __________________________________________________
Winzy21 ::: Favorites Yes.... this already happens in moderate thermals 07-08-08 13:16:51 __________________________________________________
AndrewJM70 ::: Favorites What on earth were you doing flying gliders when there are thunderstorms in the vicinity? It really is dicing with death. 07-08-01 17:27:57 __________________________________________________
Gregor6712 ::: Favorites The wing is hanging all the time during the whole landing. I do not see any strong turbulences. Those You could see on plane reaction, independend in what direction the turbulences would be. Sometimes the turbulences are so strong, You can not override it with steering, but that is definetly not the case here. The wing hanging looks to me like somebody who is used to fly Cessna (with high and short wing) but no sailplane. 07-07-29 02:04:44 __________________________________________________
2namelt ::: Favorites Have you not ever experienced extreme lift or sink in a thunderstorm? Sometimes it can push one wing up or down which is probably what happened 07-07-29 01:58:08 __________________________________________________
Gregor6712 ::: Favorites I own a glider and a motorized plane. No one glider pilot would let a wing hang down during landing. He was really lucky: the airfield was so slippery. If that would be dry concrete, I wonder if he would survived after a hanging wing touch the ground. I have seen a similar situation when the ground stopped the hanging wing immediately, and turned the plane upside down. High landing speed may make sense in some ocasions, but definetly not here. Strong crosswind You could see on video. 07-07-29 01:51:11 __________________________________________________