KR> wing attach bolts

2008-10-12 Thread Oscar Zuniga
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

KR> wing attach bolts

2008-10-12 Thread Dennis Mingear
Oscar Zuniga wrote: "Is there really anything more critical to a fixed-wing aircraft than the wing attachments?" Yes there is, The pilots undivided attention of the PIC during assembly and preflight inspection. More glider pilots have died because they didn't connect wings or controls pro