Thats a great story Bob. I saw a triple midair in a dome once. All 3 planes destroyed. I really don't figure to see that again. Mike<BR><BR><B><I>Keith Hoard <khoard@gmail.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>That's called DESTINY. . .<BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/12/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Bob Kane</B> <<A href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Mid-airs are never fun, but I witnessed a sequence of<BR>events last night that made everybody laugh, even <BR>those directly involved.<BR><BR>Two airplanes were in the air at the local club, both<BR>electrics. One was a small Extra, the other a 90 size<BR>electric Funtana. I was packing up for the evening<BR>when I heard that
all-too-familiar WHACK, I looked up <BR>in time to see both planes kind of waggling as the<BR>pilots tried to regain stable flight. The larger<BR>Funtana was flying as if nothing happened, but the<BR>small Extra now had extra dihedral in the wing.<BR>Fearing a spar failure, we told the pilot to get down <BR>ASAP. He made a nice touchdown on the grass, and<BR>except for the bent wing it looked ok. We were so<BR>focused on helping the Extra get down safely we did<BR>not notice the other pilot, also fearing damage, was<BR>on a landing approach. As fate would have it, his <BR>approach was the same and the Funtana whacked the<BR>small Extra again to really finished the job and put<BR>it out of its misery. Unbelievable, our field is a<BR>400' square, it would be hard to hit something on<BR>purpose. <BR><BR><BR><BR>Bob Kane<BR><A href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A><BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of
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