A sad sad day for Gliding in NZ

noooby Group Captain Posts: 436	A sad sad day for Gliding in NZ Dec 2, 2014 12:02:28 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by noooby on Dec 2, 2014 12:02:28 GMT 12 Very sad to hear. New Billy Walker pretty well. Anyone know what happened??? www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11367208
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Dave Homewood Administrator Air Vice Marshal Posts: 63,213	A sad sad day for Gliding in NZ Dec 2, 2014 18:59:17 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 2, 2014 18:59:17 GMT 12 Sad indeed. I saw this on the news. Condolences to families and friends of these men.
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Peter Lewis Global Moderator Posts: 6,484	A sad sad day for Gliding in NZ Dec 3, 2014 19:45:18 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 3, 2014 19:45:18 GMT 12 Certainly a loss to the NZ gliding scene. Glider involved reported as Schleicher ASH 25EB 28 D-KLBD.
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Mustang51 Group Captain Posts: 2,522	A sad sad day for Gliding in NZ Dec 4, 2014 12:43:16 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Mustang51 on Dec 4, 2014 12:43:16 GMT 12 Extremely sad. My condolences to all family and friends. People of that ilk are hard to find and impossible to replace.