Monthly Archives: August 2022

Every day before we fly we (daily) inspect our glider, we’d all agree it’s an important part of our flight.  But what about the pilot? Clearly, it’s the same, however, every day we as humans perform, react and feel different every day we wake up.  Diet, sleep, work, relationships, and a whole range of external factors affect our moods and levels of arousal. If we have a

What Caused the Crash?

I believe Rick’s analysis is spot on. The deadly trap was a microburst.

“The virga produced a microburst directly over Shmulik as he was waiting for the jet. He expedited his landing trying to fly out of what was likely epic sink. While his base leg was low it looked high enough to

We’re taught from our very first lesson about scanning for other gliders, that maintaining a scan is super important when studying clouds, or the climb rate of turning gliders ahead.  Having your head buried high into a cloud for 5-10 seconds straight, studying the optimum climb point or path is far too long. Why? Everyone else is doing the same, so have a good look, then start your scanning

Editors Note:  This week's newsletter is the second of a three-part series reporting in detail events leading up to a fatal accident in June 2022.  The first article, including Rick's first-hand account, is archived on the W&W blog page.  This week's article lays out environmental factors and the last seconds before the crash.  The article is longer