at 16,000ft....I thought gliders were altitude restricted.
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The pilot of a glider than collided in mid-air with a charter jet Monday afternoon parachuted to safety and was taken to Minden Airport airport.
Washoe Tribal Police found the pilot, Akihiro Hirao of Japan, at the mouth of Lone Pine Canyon south of Gardnerville.
Hirao was alone in the glider and bailed out after the aircraft collided at 3:10 p.m. 16,000 feet above the Pin Nut Mountains south of Carson City. He said his wristwatch showed 3:15 p.m. when he hit the ground.
The Hawker XP800 pilot landed without wheels at Carson City Airport 8 minutes after the collision. She was slghtly injured but her co-pilot and three passengers were unharmed.
Pieces of the glider were embedded in the nose of the jet.
The jet was headed from Palomar airport north of San Diego, Calif. to Reno. As the plane was making its approach, it collided with the glider at about 16,000 feet, he said.
The jet was made by Raytheon Co. in 1998 and is capable of transporting up to eight passengers at speeds of up to 500 miles an hour, he said. ۩
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060828/NEWS18/608280367
The pilot of a glider than collided in mid-air with a charter jet Monday afternoon parachuted to safety and was taken to Minden Airport airport.
Washoe Tribal Police found the pilot, Akihiro Hirao of Japan, at the mouth of Lone Pine Canyon south of Gardnerville.
Hirao was alone in the glider and bailed out after the aircraft collided at 3:10 p.m. 16,000 feet above the Pin Nut Mountains south of Carson City. He said his wristwatch showed 3:15 p.m. when he hit the ground.
The Hawker XP800 pilot landed without wheels at Carson City Airport 8 minutes after the collision. She was slghtly injured but her co-pilot and three passengers were unharmed.
Pieces of the glider were embedded in the nose of the jet.
The jet was headed from Palomar airport north of San Diego, Calif. to Reno. As the plane was making its approach, it collided with the glider at about 16,000 feet, he said.
The jet was made by Raytheon Co. in 1998 and is capable of transporting up to eight passengers at speeds of up to 500 miles an hour, he said. ۩