Speaking of wing attachments, the gentleman in the hangar next to ours (me and Randy Stout) crashed one of his sailplanes Friday here at San Geronimo. Apparently, one of the wing attach pins was not pushed down completely through the lower attach holes and while he was on tow and just breaking ground, the wing loaded and the lower attach let go, folding the wing. It departed the aircraft and the next thing you know, the Maule towplane was simply dragging a heap of junk.
Pilot broke a leg and injured his back, I believe he is out of the hospital now though. Sailplane is totalled. He almost hit a car and people who were watching from the side of the runway after the craft lost control. Is there really anything more critical to a fixed-wing aircraft than the wing attachments? Oscar Zuniga San Antonio, TX mailto: taildr...@hotmail.com website at http://www.flysquirrel.net
