The 1-26 Association Blog
Bishop, CA Incident
The following accident occurred at 1335, September 10, 2000. The flight originated in Bishop, CA and terminated near to Big Pine CA. The conditions were CAVU South wind 10-15 mph. The pilot, George Po...
Bill Bently Incident
The following accident occurred at the 2000 1-26 Regional Competition at Caesar Creek, OH over Labor day. The pilot, Bill Bently’s commentary of the incident follows below. This is to explain, in part...
George Powell Incident
The following incident occurred 01/08/12. The pilot, George Powell is an experienced glider pilot and a retired Naval Aviator with over 2700 hours in gliders and 2000 hours in powered aircraft. George...