According to Rush Township Police Chief Kenneth Zipovsky, on Monday, June 3rd, 2019 around 4:15pm, a report was received that a small fixed wing aircraft had made an emergency landing in a field near the 200 block of Fairview Street in Rush Township. Police responded and located a glider piloted by Claudio Abreu, 74, of Great Meadows, New Jersey that had landed in the field.
Police learned the Abreu had taken off from an airport in New Jersey, and lost thermal lift in Schuylkill County and had to make a controlled landing in the field. There were no injuries as a result of this action.
The glider was retrieved by an associate of the pilot.
According to Dave Truskowsky, a local pilot from Mahanoy City, the issue the pilot had involving the "thermal lift" is common among gliders.
"This is something that happens from time to time in the glider world, especially when doing cross county trips with no engine. The thermals or unequal heating of the ground is the engine for gliders." said Truskowsky.
Photo submitted by Rush Township Police
Police learned the Abreu had taken off from an airport in New Jersey, and lost thermal lift in Schuylkill County and had to make a controlled landing in the field. There were no injuries as a result of this action.
The glider was retrieved by an associate of the pilot.
According to Dave Truskowsky, a local pilot from Mahanoy City, the issue the pilot had involving the "thermal lift" is common among gliders.
"This is something that happens from time to time in the glider world, especially when doing cross county trips with no engine. The thermals or unequal heating of the ground is the engine for gliders." said Truskowsky.
Photo submitted by Rush Township Police
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