Runway in sight, you glide down to the runway. You've completed
a flight on a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or Instrument Flight Rules
(IFR) flight plan... how do you tell the system you've safely
completed your flight?
A triangular arrangement of tubing used as a part of the
structure of hang gliders. The pilot holds the bottom (base) tube
and moves it to control the glider.
"Thankfully, there were no fatalities or injuries, and
by the grace of God the aircraft didn't explode."
Source: Air Force Col. Chad T. Manske, 436th
Airlift Wing vice commander and current acting commander of the
wing, commenting on Monday's C-5 accident.
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