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10-08-2002, 09:30 AM
Savanna, Ill. 2001
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Para-glider passenger in critical condition
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A rural Clinton, Iowa, man remained in critical condition Thursday with injuries suffered in a para-glider accident near Savanna that killed another man.
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Wesley A. Rose, 31, was transferred to University Hospitals in Iowa City after the para-glider he was riding crashed to the ground Wednesday evening. Rose initially was transported to Mercy Medical Center in Clinton.
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Jim Gradert, 33, also of rural Clinton, was killed in the 5 p.m. crash near the Tri-Township Airport in Carroll County, authorities said.
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I sent this along to Carlo with this report.
Well your database was VERY helpful to me and should be REQUIRED reading for anyone looking to fly. Better to learn from other peoples mistakes than your own. We have had a couple crashes nearby at a local airport. The first one was last year and the second about a week and a half ago. I was going nuts trying to figure out HOW the first one could have gotten killed. In your database about the only way is to hit something or change something on the machine and screw it up. WELLlllll found a third way...he was doing "Alley OOps" 50ft in the air...(gun the engine/let off/repeat until the cart is rocking) BUT if you rock it far enough to take the weight OFF OF THE CHUTE, it collapses and...you become A ROCK!!!
Nuff said:eek:
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Para-glider passenger in critical condition
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A rural Clinton, Iowa, man remained in critical condition Thursday with injuries suffered in a para-glider accident near Savanna that killed another man.
.
Wesley A. Rose, 31, was transferred to University Hospitals in Iowa City after the para-glider he was riding crashed to the ground Wednesday evening. Rose initially was transported to Mercy Medical Center in Clinton.
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Jim Gradert, 33, also of rural Clinton, was killed in the 5 p.m. crash near the Tri-Township Airport in Carroll County, authorities said.
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*Note
I sent this along to Carlo with this report.
Well your database was VERY helpful to me and should be REQUIRED reading for anyone looking to fly. Better to learn from other peoples mistakes than your own. We have had a couple crashes nearby at a local airport. The first one was last year and the second about a week and a half ago. I was going nuts trying to figure out HOW the first one could have gotten killed. In your database about the only way is to hit something or change something on the machine and screw it up. WELLlllll found a third way...he was doing "Alley OOps" 50ft in the air...(gun the engine/let off/repeat until the cart is rocking) BUT if you rock it far enough to take the weight OFF OF THE CHUTE, it collapses and...you become A ROCK!!!
Nuff said:eek: