The pilot is flying low, attempting to remain in visual conditions. 'Gliding out here over the Karoo in Africa is very different to gliding in the UK as our weather is very strong due to the heat and the thermals and you have to be very wary. 50 views 3 weeks. Guy Reading, 28, and his sister Gemma, 26, are 'in a state of shock' after hearing the news of their father's tragic death, according to friends. 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As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Schempp-Hirth Discus glider, substantially damaged 1 September 2022 in an accident at Lasham Airport, Lasham, Alton, Hampshire: During the winch launch, the spoilers were not locked and extended. 84 Group Disbandment Centre (1945-?? 'Peter was launched by winch and wanted to fly for as long as he could on his big day but tragically it wasn't to be. She was a member of the British Team that won the first Women's European and Women's World Championships. Observers at the launchpoint saw the glider approach the airfield at slow speed in a nose high attitude. On the nights preceding and following D-Day, the Mosquitos of 305 and 613 squadrons carried out low level attacks on enemy supply lines and armoured positions in Normandy to assist the allied landing forces. In their report, which was released on Thursday, investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the Department of Transport say: "It appeared that neither pilot saw the other glider in time to initiate any effective avoidance manoeuvre.". Firefighters from both Basingstoke and Alton were called to the scene and crews from South Coast Ambulance Service (SCAS) and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance also attended. A Hampshire police spokeswoman said: "Kay Draper died when the glider she was piloting came down in a field. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Without knowing where the pilot was headed, there was little that they could do. Prevailing south-westerly winds from the Atlantic Ocean. H\j0~ Three prototypes were built. Copyright Lasham Gliding Society 2021 One clearing pass to see there were no cars on the road, taxi up into the parking lot of the Baptist Church and it was only a 2 block walk to grandmothers house. Gun and knife seen during fight in Sandown, Officers attended the scene and found a man with facial injuries. He continued to investigate this in the context of smuggling operations using personal aircraft and wrote a report on the subject for the British police department known as Special Branch. During the subsequent landing, the glider touched down hard and a ground loop incident occurred. The airfield's boundaries were reduced but it still occupies over 500 acres (200ha). Just across the railroad tracks from my grandparents business the 2 lane highway had a 1/2 mile straight stretch with no power lines crossing it. It definitely came up during a phone conversation on the 3rd or 4th of September, but that was as a secondary detail, not the point of the phone call. I thought, if you can operate a Crop Duster off the highway, why not a private plane? As the light faded from the sky, so did the hope. 53 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<4BFACA647ACB49BDB8D743233CB82A1D><9ADBD6339BE19C49AAC75CEB69B9B57A>]/Index[29 45]/Info 28 0 R/Length 107/Prev 47122/Root 30 0 R/Size 74/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Editors' Code of Practice. In the 1960s the Space Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment with its HQ at Farnborough, sited a number of satellite tracking and receiving dish aerials on the south side of Lasham airfield, one enclosed in a large white dome. They continued west bound as they climbed away and disappeared into cloud at about 700-800 feet. There was no trail of damage on the tree tops which might have attracted the attention of the aerial searchers. 'He was given a Life Membership in 2017 in recognition of his work for Lasham. Jamie Pyatt In Cape Town For Mailonline 'It is a tragic loss that will be hard felt among the gliding community. If you want to stay in the know with all the latest news, reviews and features from HampshireLive then you can sign up to our daily newsletter email. As well as Tony Deane-Drummond, other notable instructors at that time included Ann Welch, Lorne Welch and Philip Wills. That evening, around 20:30 local time, the pilots sister phoned the club to ask about his whereabouts. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. I'm a lurker and an ARFF firefighter, and I consider your, Sounds great! We also have the use of a caravan for accommodation and cooking facilities, and a seperate workshop - all free of charge. A subsequent aerial search showed that the wreckage could not be seen from the sky and would not be visible until most of the leaves had fallen. Ex-G-ALKF; registered as such 8/4/49. That evening, they were notified that the aircraft was officially overdue. Then a train passed by, drowning out any sounds from the aircraft. There were a small number of pilots who flew the aircraft on behalf of the club. A spokesperson for SCAS added: "We were called at 15:58 to a glider that had come down in Lasham. I was just lucky. The advantages of this for us are that we have full use of Lashams fleet of gliders (as well as our own) and facilities. More than twenty firefighters from across north Hampshire have dealt with a serious fire at Lasham gliding club near Alton. The history of flying is always interesting to me. A great place to learn to glide; with over 800 members and 20,000 glider flights each year. He presumed that the reports were referring to one of these two aircraft. They were informed that a televised power boat race showed a yellow aircraft flying overhead, but when the footage was obtained from the BBC, it was not the missing Super Cub. The heat muffler had deposits of lead and bromine on the heater mufflers exhaust, left behind by the high octane fuel fumes which had seeped through the cracks into the heater system. One of the pilots, who escaped unhurt after ejecting with a parachute, came down in woodlands near Lasham airfield in Alton, off the A339. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. I'm interested, but, "The four crew members were held in custody for two weeks as they were deemed a flight risk." Oerlinghausen Airfield claims to be the world's largest gliding club with "around 25,000" glider launches annually[7] whereas Lasham launched 25,750 gliders in the year to 31 October 2014. Later in 1943, it became a base for the bombers of No. 114-115 West Street As they climbed safely over the cables, the Super Cub entered the clouds. endstream endobj 34 0 obj <>stream Yesterday at 8:37 AM. [12] It operates under the auspices of Lasham Gliding Society who provide its launching facilities and many of its instructors.The club maintains an archive website where details of the club's history since 1930 are kept. The Super Cub had dived into the forest with a westernly heading, the nose and the port wing at an angle of 70 down. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Usually it supports commercial flight operations, It need not have a control zone, but anything less starts getting in the realm of aerodrome. Each day we'll be sending you a selection of our top stories from across our county, as well as breaking news so you can be the first to know. The third had an upgraded engine, a Continental C-90-12F, which set the ground work for the finished product. On the 28th of August in 1971, G-AYPN departed Lasham Gliding Society and disappeared. Autumn came and the leaves began to fall. The aircraft was flying low in poor visibility in a valley obstructed by high tension power cables. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Of course, places like London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt am Main, Amsterdam Schiphol, Madrid Barajas, John F Kennedy NY, etc, are all large airports. (2) That all police authorities should include in an appropriate form in their disaster orders the relevant details of the search and rescue facilities as published in the United Kingdom Air Pilot. 'We have daily safety briefings and we stress all the time 'weather, weather, weather'. contact the editor here. Firefighters from Basingstoke, Alton, Alresford, Hartley Wintney, Tadley and Bordon spent more than two hours fighting the fire . After getting the Solo permit, I would go to visit and land there, 1st in a Super Cub and later in a Luscombe. Her body was taken to a nearby hospital mortuary where a post-mortem examination will be carried out early next week to establish the exact cause of her death. 'Just the day before he Peter was killed he took Ingrid up in a two seater glider and they had a marvellous flight. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can. The squadrons of 2 Group used the de Havilland Mosquito and North American B-25 Mitchell. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. They passed the information that an aircraft had gone missing to all Hampshire stations, including the Aldershot police, who are responsible for Lasham and the surrounding area. The incident took place in a branch of Subway on Portswood Road in Southampton. (1) That consideration be given to a requirement for flying clubs or groups to maintain a log and adequate supervision of their powered aircrafts activities. The Chairman of Lasham Gliding Society where Peter was a member said that his passing would leave a huge gap in the gliding community. All Rights Reserved. But they were dismissed as having occurred before the aircraft had departed. We know for sure that they are not aerodromes. The airfield frequency is 131.03 MHz. In the front seat was a 25-year-old private pilot with 94 hours flight time, of which 31 had been on Super Cubs, towing gliders for the Society. A spokesperson for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Service said: "Firefighters from Basingstoke and Alton station were called to the airfield of local flying club in Alton at 15:59 on Monday 20th September 2021. Manni, 55, said: 'Peter and Ingrid had visited South Africa before to glide but this was their first time at our club I believe and he was hiring gliders from a Dutch member. This information is added by users of ASN. The Super Cub had between 15-20 gallons of fuel on board. There are 213[6] other gliders at the airfield operated by private owners and by affiliated gliding clubs: Imperial College Gliding Club, University of Surrey Gliding Club, Southampton University Gliding Club, The Crown Service Gliding Club and the IBM Gliding Club. As a result, they were dismissed, as the initial report from Lasham said that the aircraft had not departed the airfield until 14:00. Your email address will not be published. We refer to an airport as a piece of real estate with one or more paved runways, usually taxiways, some infrastructure like a terminal building or a restaurant, generally open to the public and some form of control tower. One dead in mid-air glider crash. Police confirmed work was already underway involving the Air Accident Investigation Branch, based at Farnborough, to find out more details. Very interesting, well researched, thank you for another great blog post Cynthia. He was also a qualified glider pilot. Rescuers raced to the scene but the glass fibre shell of the glider had shattered into hundreds of pieces and Peter's body was found amongst the scattered wreckage. Derek was active in gliding well after his official retirement from instructing. A frosty and bitterly cold day at Lasham today didn't stop us from flying. Between 1972 and 1974 Lasham airfield regularly hosted six Douglas DC3 Dakotas owned by Roger Byron-Collins' Macedonian Aviation based at Southend airport for care and maintenance and resprays under arrangements with Dan-Air. A busy day of glider launching at Lasham. As a side note, the passenger was the eldest son of the British comedian Michael Bentine, who became interested in the regulations governing private airfields as a result of the crash. I recently got a CO monitor for my garage and its a very small cigarette-pack size unit. 'At the end of the day gliding is an adventurous activity and people understand the risks they are taking but sometimes, fortunately very rarely, things can go tragically wrong' he said. A FATAL mid-air crash between two gliders near Lasham, south of Basingstoke, has revealed the need for such aircraft to be more visible to one another, an official accident report claims. One of the tug aircraft was a Piper PA-19 registered in the UK as G-AYPN, owned by Air Tows Limited and operated by the Lasham Gliding Society. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can 'We don't fully know what happened but something went very wrong. 2 Comments 2 Shares. On 14 September 2006, a memorial at the entrance was dedicated to those who served at Lasham between 1942 and 1948. In this video I analyse this accident, where a number of factors combine to create this accident. Photos by Serena Lambre ), Your email address will not be published. A comment on nomenclature. [8] There were approximately 59,000 aircraft movements (departures and landings) in that year (compared with Southampton Airport's 43,350). The railway runs south from Petersfield through the Buriton railway tunnel below high ground of about five hundred feet above mean sea level and then south through the valley, with hills reaching 650 feet above mean sea level. We sent to the scene two ambulance crews, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and an ambulance officer. The following units were here at some point:[1]. He lost all roll and, A Special Offer on Pilot Error (out now! 'Peter joined Lasham in December 1983 and was our Chairman in 2014. The difference between an aerodrome and an airport is not really very clearly defined. Regular visitors were DH104 Dove G-APZU (04511), Douglas Dakota G-AMPO (16437/33185), G-AMHJ (13468), G-AMPZ (16124/32872), G-AMRA (15290/26735), G-AMSV (16072/32820) Emergency services attended the scene around 11.55am on Wednesday but were unable to save Mrs Draper. Peter and Ingrid married in 1987 and had son Guy, 28, who is an informatics scientist with llika in Southampton and a daughter Gemma, 26. The previous day he had taken Ingrid, 59, up in a two seater glider for a flight over the wild African Karoo and South Africa's biggest dam near Norvalspout in the Free State. Lasham Youth run a Saturday Evening gliding course during the summer months which is open to everyone, providing an environment where young members can fly with people of similar ages. 'We spoke to his grown-up children last night and they are in a state of shock,' pensioner Joan Withers, a neighbour, told MailOnline. Firefighters from Basingstoke and Alton station were called to the airfield of local flying club in Alton at 15:59 on Monday 20th September 2021. Once it was clear that the Super Cub was missing, that person had to be found and in this instance, he or she did not know where the pilot was taking the aircraft. Companies based at the south-west of the airfield have used the main runway since 1954 to bring in large jet aircraft for overhauls. The runway, or unpaved landing area itself is typically no more than 1000 metres long. On Monday (September 20) a glider crashed with two people on board at Lasham Airfield near Alton. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. A spokesman for the Air Accident Investigation Branch said: "The wreckage is being recovered to our HQ at Farnborough for more detailed examination and we will publish a report on our findings when our investigation is complete. 29 0 obj <> endobj Learn how your comment data is processed. There were no signs of a crash. If a pilot wished to take one of the tugs for a private flight, all he needed to was obtain verbal authorisation from one of the Society officials. When the aircraft were not needed for towing, the pilots were encouraged to use them for private flights. One person was able to exit the glider however the second had to be freed by the emergency services at the scene. z|C2sHg `>i_i`&qgb&FEl5qyQ~_xH? 'Flying here at Gariep Dam we can experience very strong winds and turbulence as there is a lot of energy out there over the slopes because of the heat this time of year. At 12:12, an eye witness saw the Super Cub flying low over the tunnel and into the valley, following the line of the tracks. 'The accident is currently under investigation by the South African Civil Aviation Authority and the provincial police. Congratulations to Jansen Barralet on passing his Cross Country endorsement this week making him a qualified pilot at 17! However, when Piper L-18C aircraft moved from military service to the civil register, they once again were assigned the PA-19 designation. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's The report recommends that further visual and electronic measures are adopted to make gliders more detectable in the air and says that the Civil Aviation Authority is best placed to oversee their introduction. We don't know what happened yet. The fire broke out early yesterday morning and has caused serious damage to the clubhouse. Required fields are marked *. Derek Piggott was Chief Flying Instructor at Lasham during much of the period from 1953 to 1989. he said. He walked to the woods to have a look around. To the south, the cloud base was as slow as 500 feet with the occasional drizzle. The heater system controls were set to off but that wasnt necessarily meaningful; the levers had been struck on impact such that they would have been forced closed if open. Pausing briefly yesterday, to see a Boeing 727 depart from our friends at 2Excel. "Crews supported South Central Ambulance Service with the extrication of one male from the glider he is now in their care. Crews from Alton, Basingstoke, Alresford, Hartley Wintney and Tadley were mobilised to the fire at 5.21am this morning with eight fire engines being sent to assist. 'We don't know exactly what happened but it would seem he was flying too slow and lost lift on a wing and stalled and he went into a spin and spiralled down into the hill. The aircraft did not have IFR instruments and there was no radio equipment. Kay Draper, who won the first British Women's Championships for hang-gliding before joining the talented British team, was flying solo on a trip from Lasham Airfield in Hampshire when her aircraft came down near Bradley, less than 10 miles away. [17] Six bmibaby 737s arrived in 2012 when the airline closed. 48 views 3 weeks ago Lasham Gliding Daily Flying Briefing on Tuesday the 17th of January 2023. Crash report calls for glider review. That afternoon, another club member spoke to the same official and mentioned that a Super Cub was missing. The Rescue Coordination Centre searched the area, but nothing was found. 148 K-13 substantial 08/08/15, 15:00 lasham GS 55/40 none/none 407 Introductory flight ended in a field landing. This combination of low flying and increased engine worried the witness, who noted that the time was 12:12 exactly. There was nothing obviously wrong with the aircraft, other than the filler cap to the port fuel tank was missing. Firefighters from both Basingstoke and Alton were called to the scene and crews from South Coast Ambulance Service (SCAS) and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance also attended. Mist and fog covered the tops of the South Downs. The club also operates five tugs: and can call on several privately owned tugs in busy periods. endstream endobj 30 0 obj <>>> endobj 31 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 609.449 793.701]/Type/Page>> endobj 32 0 obj <>stream It's one of those truly devastating things and we are all terrible sorry.'. On the 3rd of September, a member of the public reported to the Hampshire police that theyd seen an aircraft north of Midhurst. When I was a kid a friends father would land Crop Dusters on it to refuel and top up the spray tanks. The accident happened on April 26 last year and resulted in the death of 68-year-old Alan Purnell, an experienced glider pilot from Fleet. ?&)R"c7-tYbY$vj;M7lHcJ+TQ,TDiEQ,")"H %I9} &aEv,,D0$clXbg"TCa*8R:)%X&QZ zu1N))iS#}'T4iZ`el>s94ihm/Y(}8Su#LFa9GswPz!iTLG8"h#jq*3LdkAw]Tf,_*{B/eZoYhl-k}j3#S2Qt3#X U*kKiM?L=-)Yq7e8|1z9))7} The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by: Schempp-Hirth Discus glider, substantially damaged 1 September 2022 in an accident at Lasham Airport, Lasham, Alton, Hampshire: During the winch launch, the spoilers were not locked and extended. 2,144 were here. In the front seat was a 25-year-old private pilot with 94 hours flight time, of which 31 had been on Super Cubs, towing gliders for the Society. Inaya-Lei has links to Eastleigh, Basingstoke and Southampton. She leaves behind her husband, David Draper, 57. Lasham is one of the busiest unlicensed airfields in Europe with over 50,000 aircraft movements per annum and 250 based aircraft from General Aviation to Commercial Air Transport sized aircraft.. Th airfield was built on farming land in 1942 as a Royal Air Force Station during the Second World War. However, as most of the flights at Lasham Gliding Society were short, local area flights for towing, they did not have such systems in place and did not keep a booking-out book. J+IM+Wiqy[QiG"|_TJe~sgX]]`K>v#M88OF At the same time, the duty flying instructor realised that G-AYPN was not in the hangar and there was no record of it being used elsewhere. "They were assessing and treating one patient for non life threatening injuries, following treatment at the scene by our crews the patient was taken to North Hampshire Hospital.". 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