Now I have seen everything!

[John Sinclair]

Somebody sawed the wings off this wrecked JS3! 

[Gordon Wingate]

Had to get it down from the trees from what I read

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM 'John Sinclair' via RAS_Prime <rasp...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Somebody sawed the wings off this wrecked JS3! 

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[Michael Opitz]

It has been done before.  Those rescue guys like their saws.  I know of a G 103 from

Bermuda High that had that done to get it out of the trees many years ago as well.

Mike Opitz

RO

[Verhulst]

Some years ago at 3B3 when a KitFox went into the trees on take off
(those things need fuel, you know) they used a helicopter.

Tony V.

[Charles Mampe]

Yep, I watched it go into the trees on "landing" from the airport he was trying to land at. Watched from downwind to "tree crunch".

A group of us discussed getting it out of the trees (30+' up) with minimal damage.

They got it down, but the main pin was bent. Instead of cutting the pin, as suggested, they hurried up and cut off the wings. Went from maybe a $50KUS repair to junk.

Thankfully, I didn't have to watch the cutting.

PS, pilot was physically OK.

[Mike Koerner]

Wow. That's interesting.

Do other aircraft use this twin spare configuration as opposed to the combination of a main spar and a much smaller drag spar?

Does the wing have ribs?

Which of the wing compartments shown are wet? I see the control bellows way in the back, but they may be just to prevent air leakage. 

Thanks,

Mike

[Dan Daly]

SZD55 has forked spars with two pins. Picture from spare parts catalog.

SZD-55usergroup (at symbol) groups.io 

[Hank Nixon]

They were told exactly how to get the glider apart without destroying it. They chose to ignore guidance because it would add to salvage time and the adjuster was trying to cut salvage cost. They also broke the canopy after we told them how to avoid that event. It changed what was probably a $60K repair into destroyed. 

We all pay for this kind of stuff.

UH