The crash landing occurred at the 2008 Mint Julep Scale Classic. The winds were heavy all day.......as I landed I was struck with a severe 90 degree gust........gusts were reported in the area as high as 35 miles per hour......this one must have been pretty close to that.

I almost made it safely, as shown in the first picture. The wing warping works fairly well, but it is very slow and could not conteract the severe cross wind gust.

Actually it was quite spectatular! You can see the wheel flying off, the wheel disk also flying off and the axle (which broke off) is also visible in 2 of the pictures.

AH....what memories!


Pictures taken by of Ben Lanterman.