AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Air Commodore Owen Truelove          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Sailplanes View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message kestrel254 Guest Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:26 pm    Post subject: Air Commodore Owen Truelove Today's Daily Telegraph has an obituary about Truelove who died in New Zealand http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/20/db2001.xml on 14th November flying his Stemme. He was a very experienced pilot. Does anyone have any further news about this? TIA George Emsden Back to top garykemp@sbcglobal.net Guest Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Air Commodore Owen Truelove Try this site: http://www.topix.net/city/mount-prospect-il?full=7b6d4453e2 According to some reports they were caught on the down wind side of the ridge. kestrel254 wrote: Quote: Today's Daily Telegraph has an obituary about Truelove who died in New Zealand http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/20/db2001.xml on 14th November flying his Stemme. He was a very experienced pilot. Does anyone have any further news about this? TIA George Emsden Back to top 5Z Guest Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:39 am    Post subject: Re: Air Commodore Owen Truelove I see one of the articles mentions the ELT did not activate... Disturbing how often one hears this. But I still have one myself, as the do sometimes work :( -Tom Back to top Ray Roberts Guest Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:07 am    Post subject: Re: Air Commodore Owen Truelove This is a sad episode. I had the chance to meet Ex-RAF Commander Owen Truelove on a visit to Omarama a year ago when I went to do two weeks of soaring at Gavin Wills' Glide Omarama operation. Owen had flown his Stemme S10 on an epic journey from UK to New Zealand not long before I met him. I found him to be personable, friendly and easy to talk to. My condolences go to his family and friends. At the time of the accident, Owen was competing in the South Island Soaring Contest. A renowned local glider pilot, Billy Walker, was quoted in one newspaper as saying that Owen was approaching a ridge from the downwind side and either misjudged the clearance or got caught in a downdraft. It was not clear from the article whether these comments were informed speculation or were made after an examination of the Stemme's flight data recorder. For me, Owen's accident has some unsettling parallels with the fatal crash of Peter Masak a couple of years ago on an Allegheny ridge near Mifflin, Pennsylvania. In both cases we have a very experienced glider pilot approaching a ridge from downwind during a contest, evidently trying to get across to the upwind side, not making it, and getting killed. In Peter's case the flight seems to have ended with a stall/spin at a low (unrecoverable) altitude above the terrain, just downwind of the ridge. We don't yet know about the final moments of Owen's flight, but the turbulence and downdrafts that tend to occur downwind of mountain ridges are well known. We (glider) pilots must pay heed to and learn from what happens to others. RJR Ventus 2cM "5Z" <tserkowski (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1164047969.007359.89700 (AT) f16g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com... Quote: I see one of the articles mentions the ELT did not activate... Disturbing how often one hears this. But I still have one myself, as the do sometimes work :( -Tom Back to top Martin Gregorie Guest Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:54 am    Post subject: Re: Air Commodore Owen Truelove kestrel254 wrote: Quote: Today's Daily Telegraph has an obituary about Truelove who died in New Zealand http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/20/db2001.xml on 14th November flying his Stemme. He was a very experienced pilot. Does anyone have any further news about this? The Times report said that the crash happened during a comp and that the rescue helicopter had to battle strong winds and driving rain. The Omarama club spokesman described the weather as demanding but not bad enough to cancel the task. The crash was described as being on a high scree near Mt. Prospect, 30 km west of Omarama, and reported that the fuselage was intact but that the wings were in three pieces. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Sailplanes All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Aviation----------------alt.aviationAviation safety EnhancementPlanes, gliders and flying in AustraliaAviation et pilotage (Français)rec.aviationAviation (Aerobatics)Hot air, gas balloons and airshipsHang-gliding, paragliding, foot-launched flightAircraft Design & BuildingInstrument Flight RulesAviation (Classifieds)Military AircraftNaval AviationAviation (Miscellaneous Topics)Owning AirplanesAviators (General Discussions)Aviation related productsAircraft RestorationHelicopters and rotary wing aircraftsFlight SimulationSailplanesAviation (Students)Light aircraftFlying related activities in the UK Airports----------------alt.airportsEdinburgh Airport Glasgow Airport Humberside Airport Luton Airport Aberdeen Airport Glasgow Prestwick Airport  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.