Glider crash in Grand Teton
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Was recently in Driggs ID and regretting that there are no longer glider rides offered after this crash. FBO there is still in business and nice. So decided to look into the history of this a bit more.
From a legal perspective, the case was dismissed after about 6 months with the statement that the parties had reached a settlement agreement -- no idea what that settlement was.
In terms of cause, some further discussion on rec.aviation.soaring that this was essentially 'rogue air' causing a lot of sink (https://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/SoaringRx/2013-01-Rogue-Air-Oct2014-p20-29_Bob_Thompson.pdf). She was apparently below the nearby ridgeline shortly before she noted there was something very bad going on.
Having been up above IceFloe lake, it strikes me one could try to land there, especially when it is covered in ice, as it often is. The impact crater was in the snowfield above that lake.
From a legal perspective, the case was dismissed after about 6 months with the statement that the parties had reached a settlement agreement -- no idea what that settlement was.
In terms of cause, some further discussion on rec.aviation.soaring that this was essentially 'rogue air' causing a lot of sink (https://www.danlj.org/~danlj/Soaring/SoaringRx/2013-01-Rogue-Air-Oct2014-p20-29_Bob_Thompson.pdf). She was apparently below the nearby ridgeline shortly before she noted there was something very bad going on.
Having been up above IceFloe lake, it strikes me one could try to land there, especially when it is covered in ice, as it often is. The impact crater was in the snowfield above that lake.
