Please tell what happened and how it might have been avoided. Names should be ommitted. This forum should help others learn from mistakes that caused or nearly caused a mishap.
Great flight from McGee. 12k for some time. Cored a thermal with a gigantic eagle. 1:20 or so flight. Went down wind away from the lift once everyone else was on the ground and packed up.
nice big field where one of the PGs landed first. popped up during hand transition. Came down fast across the ground. a few steps, glider came over faster than i could run. small wheels dug into the ground.
No ligament or joint injury. Just a clean down tube through the ol humerus routine. Bound grinding against bone before immobilization was painful.
OP wrote:....Just a clean down tube through the ol humerus routine.....
Thank goodness your not humorless!
I've broken 20 downtubes in that past 1000 hours and the worst injury was a sprain to my left shoulder. Steve Pearson engineered all of WW's contemporary DTs to break before your arms do. To anyone else reading this, I learned from road and mountain biking that if you are going to pile in make sure you break the bike first. Make the bicycle absorb as much impact as possible before your bones, joints and ligaments take any force.
It not only works but other extremely aggressive X/C pilots besides your truly have done likewise and spared their bodies a lot of grief at the expensive of some replaceable glider parts.
Thanks for stepping up to the plate. and alerting the rest of the community.
Glenn wrote:....I make a memorial plaque, if someone else does the dirty work.
You mean that part wasn't the dirty work?
OP - We need an XC driver. Can you work a transceiver with your broken arm while driving? You might even pick up some XC training from the expereince.
Might be your new name Broke P. some names you earn, others just fall apon you. I like Jonathons message in that we could use a real smart,tech savy, driver for our next forays in the Owens as you never delivered the last driver. I hope you get well real soon dude cause I'd rather fly with you than have you drive. Your recovery will make you feel like you live in New England as a pilot. Not flying eats at you,widdles you down, makes you testy,irritable .life on the ground sucks without airtime. Sorry I'm carrying on. Hope to see you in the LZ regardless
I think we can tape that up with a little Icy Hot and get you back in the air this weekend. Looks like just a flesh wound. Everyone only turns right anyway, so you'll fit in just fine.
OPBrokeP,not to be confused with OPBroke back mtn, sorry dude I couldn't stop myself,kinda sounds like Humpty Dumpty,OPBrokeP. This must mean that it is my turn to pound it in.
