Glider Winch Launch Crash 💥 Instructor Reacts

Dragging a wing while winch launching can be incredibly dangerous. In this video I analyse this accident, where a number of factors combine to create this accident including long grass, not enough wing running, and failure to release in time.

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Original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTapfTWTQQ

British Gliding Association Winch Accident Simulations:
https://members.gliding.co.uk/bga-safety-management/safe-winching/simulations/

British Gliding Association Safe Winching Guidance:
https://members.gliding.co.uk/bga-safety-management/safe-winching/

British Gliding Association Stop the Drop presentation:
https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/safety/stop-the-drop/

Bill's excellent video on how winch launching works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ztaJ0yfxE

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00:00 Intro
00:50 Keeping wings level
01:14 Wing Running
02:09 Torque
03:41 Long Grass
04:35 Wind
05:10 Releasing too Late
06:16 Pre-Flight Thinking
07:14 Conclusion
08:15 Me landing badly outro :)

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