Rans S9 Loses Wing

[stuartcox]

This happened on Sunday during a display in Argentina:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=967_1282045824

Thaks to the "Ballistic Recovery System" (BRS), the pilot escaped uninjured!

 

[Bjoern]

"Hooray for innovative technology" I say. :salute:

 

[AckAck]

Amateur - should have just landed like the guy in the viral video last year...

Brian

(What - that was faked? :d)

 

[kilo delta]

Amateur - should have just landed like the guy in the viral video last year...

Brian

(What - that was faked? :d)

A guy actually managed something similar when his wing spar failed during aerobatics several years ago...

http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/repeats/zlin_wing_failure.htm