X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.8) with ESMTP id 4398318 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:16:34 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.161.52; envelope-from=rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by fxm8 with SMTP id 8so2390904fxm.25 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:15:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=Td8PS3O0cRru1EGwJNt9bgrLjEML2SJviV03eAGyArg=; b=qg4MvFI2NzDZwvNoQILIZVakgETr228z3WYsgCbIXgZeIElGchi6vR8C4ZVLm6uu+C MQ5p8Renvhsj4vd0QrozHP9j1I37BZ5xI3X5v/CJB1Y/4SdVhIniz1jxg2PlYy7oEc2a 8bZQKzTdd3etJ5WGlWqNcyjSvK7FGHHmyKLL8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=oI93P/j/Omc70nREfY63OICKiHMYctVPnVvnWRjcm2jdJqOi9UN9gUpfIGur+af4N/ L+ldKOEPBf3kZfDXpHSbSHdJbb3tkuaNftqQHNz/rtFdekED1nX8viooP7rROf+NsJdS TA2pPAKgA7nxX11s78lwevl20D98tFOSbGqUk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.198.11 with SMTP id a11mr428658muq.53.1279552556362; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:15:56 -0700 (PDT) Sender: rwstracy@gmail.com Received: by 10.220.90.208 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:15:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:15:56 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: AYk_lwksLANaJEeIMEolOKT3d18 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Mike Wills From: Tracy Crook To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00163682c64497eb9a048bbf0bcd --00163682c64497eb9a048bbf0bcd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Details on Mike Wills. A Spring Valley man was killed in a glider crash in Utah on Saturday, authorities said. The 52-year-old pilot, whose name was not released, went flying with three friends Saturday but never returned, said Piute County Sheriff Marty Gleave= . The pilot was last heard from about 4:30 p.m. when he called airport authorities asking for directions to the airstrip in Junction, Utah. He reported his altitude at 9,000 feet, too low to make it over some of the peaks in the area, Gleave said. The friends reported him missing late that night. Search and rescue crews found the wreckage on the side of a mountain near Marysvale about 9 a.m. Sunday. It appeared as though his wing might have clipped a tree before crashing, Gleave said. =93He was probably at too low an altitude and was flying near the mountain = to catch an updraft,=94 Gleave said. An autopsy will be conducted by the medical examiner in Salt Lake City. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Tracy Crook wro= te: > Sorry to report that we lost a fine friend and fellow rotor-head yesterda= y. > > Mike Wills was doing what he loved (flying, this time in a glider) when > apparently he ran out of thermal lift and couldn't find more before havin= g > to make an off field landing. Very few facts in yet but sounds like a wi= ng > clipped a tree before he went in. He will be missed. > > Tracy > --00163682c64497eb9a048bbf0bcd Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Details on Mike Wills.

= A Spring Valley man was killed in a glider crash in Utah on Saturday, authorities said.

The 52-year-old pilot, whose name was not released, went flying with=20 three friends Saturday but never returned, said Piute County Sheriff=20 Marty Gleave.

The pilot was last heard from about 4:30 p.m. when he called airport=20 authorities asking for directions to the airstrip in Junction, Utah. He=20 reported his altitude at 9,000 feet, too low to make it over some of the peaks in the area, Gleave said.

The friends reported him missing late that night. Search and rescue=20 crews found the wreckage on the side of a mountain near Marysvale about 9 a.m. Sunday. It appeared as though his wing might have clipped a tree=20 before crashing, Gleave said.

=93He was probably at too low an altitude and was flying near the=20 mountain to catch an updraft,=94 Gleave said.

An autopsy will be conducted by the medical examiner in Salt Lake=20 City.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.


On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Tracy Crook <= span dir=3D"ltr"><tracy@rota= ryaviation.com> wrote:
Sorry to report t= hat we lost a fine friend and fellow rotor-head yesterday.

=A0 Mike = Wills was doing what he loved (flying, this time in a glider) when apparent= ly he ran out of thermal lift and couldn't find more before having to m= ake an off field landing.=A0 Very few facts in yet but sounds like a wing c= lipped a tree before he went in.=A0 He will be missed.

Tracy

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