Rich non-pilot crashes non-glider (not what it says)

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Gold Coast pilot, glider crash into field

A man from the Gold Coast neighborhood flying without a pilot’s license, a certificate of flightworthiness or insurance was not hurt when the aircraft he was piloting made an emergency landing and crashed into a roadside ditch Wednesday night near west suburban Oswego.

At 6 p.m. 52-year-old Michael E. Lawrence, of 680 N. Lake Shore Dr., took off from Cushing Field in Newark, IL in a two-seated Ultralight glider, according to a release from Illinois State Police Joliet District. He flew east of Newark when he began to have problems.


At 7:52 p.m., the aircraft experienced engine failure and Lawrence did an emergency landing -- crashing into a field near Illinois Rte. 71 at Chicago Road, according to an Illinois State Police Joliet District trooper.
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2453640,gold-coast-pilot-glider-crash-070110.article
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Not a pilot.

Not a glider.

So at least they got right that he must be rich.
 
It doesn't say he took off in a glider, he landed in a glider! :D

And if it's actually an ultralight, saying he doesn't have a pilot's license is like saying that a regular plane didn't file a flight plan.
 
TMetzinger said:
I want to see how he took off in a glider - that must have been a BIG rubber band!
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It could have been a self launch glider. Some are pretty capable aircraft... But then, they also called it an ultralight.
But it had two seats. :dunno:
 
JeffDG said:
It doesn't say he took off in a glider, he landed in a glider! :D

And if it's actually an ultralight, saying he doesn't have a pilot's license is like saying that a regular plane didn't file a flight plan.
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Actually it says "two seat glider" and if that one fact is correct a pilot's license (certificate really) is required.
 
JeffDG said:
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Just going on the OP
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Well we know it wasn't a two seat ultralight anything since by definition ultralights can only have one seat. If it has two seats, a pilot cert is needed no matter what you call it even if one seat is empty.
 
But what about the flight plan???! DID HE FILE A FLIGHT PLAN???????????:eek:
 
I've flown hundreds of time without a certificate of flightworthyness nor a pilot's license.
 
gismo said:
Well we know it wasn't a two seat ultralight anything since by definition ultralights can only have one seat. If it has two seats, a pilot cert is needed no matter what you call it even if one seat is empty.
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So all of those 2 seat "Ultralights" that pre-date the LSA rules suddenly vaporized when the rules were adopted?
 
mikea said:
So all of those 2 seat "Ultralights" that pre-date the LSA rules suddenly vaporized when the rules were adopted?
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There was a window to convert them, but that has passed, and more than a few didn't get converted to LSA.

Most likely that's what this was - a fat ultralight that looks like a "hang glider" and was never converted.
 
mikea said:
So all of those 2 seat "Ultralights" that pre-date the LSA rules suddenly vaporized when the rules were adopted?
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They either got converted to ELSA or became illegal to fly. Of course they were illegal to fly except when instruction was being rendered (and a few other special circumstances) before the rule changes but there was a lot of "cheating" going on. I'm "certain" the cheating stopped when the new rules came into effect.
 
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