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From: mlf@druxv.UUCP (Fontenot)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: How to land in trees
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Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 17:15:34 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 17:15:34 1984
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Tree landings happen occasionally to glider pilots ridge-soaring
the Alleganies.  I've heard of a good many cases where the pilot escaped
injury, and of several cases where the glider itself suffered very
little damage.  The advice that I've heard is, if a tree landing is necessary,
you should choose the densest possible area, with the tops at as uniform
a hight as possible;  this maximizes the chance that the aircraft will
remain near the tops of the trees, where the branches are smaller.  When 
this works as planned, the biggest hazard can be getting down out of the tree.