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Fri, Apr 11, 2003

Nasty Moment for Hang Glider

The way we heard the story, the hang glider and the Glaser Dirks got together, for reasons nobody wants to talk about. The hang-glider pilot deployed his parachute, but got a mess of it in a wad, reeled it back in hand-over hand, and "just threw it back out there," where it opened sufficiently to keep him alive. Geez.

**   Report created 4/9/2003   Record 9   **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 303KK        Make/Model: DG-3      Description: ELAN/GLASER DIRKS GLIDER
  Date: 04/05/2003     Time: 1830
  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: Y    Missing: N
  Damage: Minor
LOCATION
  City: ORLANDO   State: FL   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  GLIDER AND A UNREGISTERED HANG GLIDER HAD A MID-AIR COLLISION UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER AND UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO THE HANG GLIDER, NO INJURIES REPORTED, 25 MILES SOUTH OF ORLANDO, FL
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   0
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Unknown      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: UNK                         Dep Date:    Dep. Time:
  Destination: UNK                      Flt Plan: UNK          Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: UNK
  Last Clearance: UNK
  FAA FSDO: ORLANDO, FL  (SO15)                   Entry date: 04/07/2003
--
**   Report created 4/9/2003   Record 31  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: UNREG        Make/Model: UNK      Description: HANG GLIDER
  Date: 04/05/2003     Time: 1830
  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: Y    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
  City: ORLANDO   State: FL   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  GLIDER AND A UNREGISTERED HANG GLIDER HAD A MID-AIR COLLISION UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GLIDER AND UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO THE HANG GLIDER, NO INJURIES REPORTED, 25 MILES SOUTH OF ORLANDO, FL
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Unknown      Operation: Other
  Departed: UNK                         Dep Date: 04/05/2003   Dep. Time:
  Destination: UNK                      Flt Plan: UNK          Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: UNK
  Last Clearance: UNK
  FAA FSDO: ORLANDO, FL  (SO15)                   Entry date: 04/07/2003


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