Emergency landing of an older all metal glider. Lower performance = higher landing speed. A car coming the other way could be problematic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqf0HqpnySA&feature=related
EDIT:
Sorry, I see PilotBranded beat me to it.
Enjoy the ride, get the crash out of your head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRClfp1R4_0&feature=related
In the second clip, is the aircraft pulled by a cable system?
Looks like the tow line, Ross. I'm not sure how that one works. My bet is it costs a lot of money, though. 
That's a winch system. You can yank planes in the air much faster than you would by towing them behind a powered plane.
I would guess it's cheaper, less gas used, no pilot to pay.
Dan
Those were some expensive looking houses that he flew over. At least he didn't hit them.
We had a Piper Lancer dead-stick on the 402 just outside town the other day. Wingtip struck a van, but no serious injuries: http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/07/14/19986536.html
That first guy seriously misjudged something to put himself in that position. Coulda been worse, though.
Speaking of crash landings, we had one here last week with a MiG-21.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (KMSP) - A pilot is okay after crash-landing a vintage Russian fighter jet at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie on Thursday.
Eden Prairie spokeswoman Katie Beal said the MiG 21 jet came in too fast during a landing. The pilot deployed the jet's parachute, but it collapsed and the plane ran off the runway, crashed through a fence and came to rest on Flying Cloud Drive.
The pilot was treated at the scene, but wasn't seriously hurt. The FAA is investigating the crash.
Read more: http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/19010688/vintage-russian-fighter-jet-makes-crash-landing-in-eden-prairie#ixzz20q5XPEW8
Streetwiseguy wrote: That first guy seriously misjudged something to put himself in that position. Coulda been worse, though.
Sometimes you just run out of uplift in the atmosphere. Weather is unpredictable and in a glider, that's what you are counting on, so sometimes you just have to put the plane down in the safest place possible and expect to pay for anything damaged.
Aside from the rudder, do gliders have any other ability to steer once they're on the ground?
No, that's about it.
ground loops are bad. (...and yet I want to learn to fly and buy a tail dragger)
In reply to JoeyM:
Yes they are something to avoid. On the other hand a well timed ground loop can save the airplane and you from worse damage in an off airport landing in a small field. I have seen some taildraggers that were ground looped to keep the airplane in an open spot and away from trees.
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