[NSRCA-discussion] Off topic, mid-air last evening

[Keith Hoard]

That's called DESTINY. . .


On 6/12/06, Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Mid-airs are never fun, but I witnessed a sequence of
> events last night that made everybody laugh, even
> those directly involved.
>
> Two airplanes were in the air at the local club, both
> electrics. One was a small Extra, the other a 90 size
> electric Funtana.  I was packing up for the evening
> when I heard that all-too-familiar WHACK, I looked up
> in time to see both planes kind of waggling as the
> pilots tried to regain stable flight. The larger
> Funtana was flying as if nothing happened, but the
> small Extra now had extra dihedral in the wing.
> Fearing a spar failure, we told the pilot to get down
> ASAP. He made a nice touchdown on the grass, and
> except for the bent wing it looked ok. We were so
> focused on helping the Extra get down safely we did
> not notice the other pilot, also fearing damage, was
> on a landing approach. As fate would have it, his
> approach was the same and the Funtana whacked the
> small Extra again to really finished the job and put
> it out of its misery. Unbelievable, our field is a
> 400' square, it would be hard to hit something on
> purpose.
>
>
>
> Bob Kane
> getterflash at yahoo.com
>
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Keith Hoard
Collierville, TN
khoard at gmail.com
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