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aircraft down at Eklutna, came from Birchwood?

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Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:19 pm

aircraft down at Eklutna, came from Birchwood?

sounds like one down, something about emerg. chute did not open must be
UL type?

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Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:06 pm

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/545213.html
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Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:50 pm

Hmmm. I know when I lived back up there lots of trikes flew out of Birchwood. I sold some round canopies to the guys there that were looking at putting ballistic chutes on them. I wonder if it was a trike or some other aircraft type. Sucks it happened, that's for sure.
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:19 pm

Anyone heard anything about what happened. The only thing I've seen in the news is that it was about 200' above the trees and just "went in"...no time to fire the chute.
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:48 pm

Short one paragraph article in the Anchorage Daily News today. It basically said.......no license, no medical, very low time, and without approval from the instructor for a solo flight! Took off from BCV and crashed near Eklutna..... Was seen porpoising in the air supposedly...... Hmmmmmmmmm
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:02 pm

AKGrouch wrote:Short one paragraph article in the Anchorage Daily News today. It basically said.......no license, no medical, very low time, and without approval from the instructor for a solo flight! Took off from BCV and crashed near Eklutna..... Was seen porpoising in the air supposedly...... Hmmmmmmmmm


What a tragedy. I noticed the word "Homemade" used in the news article, rather than the more politically FAA and EAA correct "Amatuer Built".
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:59 pm

Here is the short story in the Anchorage Daily News. Sounds like the guy cut a lot of corners and was lacking in proficiency.

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/549144.html

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