ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153319
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| Date: | Sunday 6 June 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Keebling |
| Owner/operator: | Cornwall Gliding Club |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rosenannon Downs, 4 miles SW of Wadebridge, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rosenannon Downs, Cornwall |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Keebling glider wrecked in a flying accident when crashed 6/6/37 at Rosenannon Downs, 4 miles SW of Wadebridge, Cornwall (at approximate Coordinates: 50.4713°N 4.8834°W). Pilot survived, but injured. Glider was being launched by a car, but at a height of about thirty feet the wing folded back when two bolts securing the leading edge broke away. Pilot Arthur James injured. According to the 1987 booklet "Sails in The Sky" by George T. Collins (see link #2)
"Arthur James, having made several flights of over 50 seconds, took an auto-tow (a car pulling the glider forward and upwards on a length of wire) into a wind of about 25 knots, when at the top of the climb after release, the glider's starboard wing broke off and unhappily crash landed on its back, extensively damaged. Arthur was taken unconscious to hospital and to this day bravely puts up with the lasting effects of his misfortune"
Sources:
1. The Cornishman, Thur 10 Jun 1937
2. "Sails In The Sky" by George T. Collins, 1987: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/bga-sg-archive/Books/SAILS+IN+THE+SKY.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenannon_Downs
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2013 10:57 | k8b | Added |
| 11-Apr-2018 18:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2018 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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