What: motorized hang glider
Where: off Piedmont Road, Anderson County S.C.
When: Thursday night
Who: pilot Andy Walls, 20
Why: While attempting to land, the glider hit a stand of trees. Pilot suffered a broken back, a broken leg, fractures to his face and burns over 14 percent of his body and is recuperating in Greenville Memorial Hospital.
What: ultralight aircraft
Where: in Pine Hall on Knight Road in Stokes county NC
When: 6:40pm.
Who: unnamed pilot.
Why: When the pilot’s engine quit, the pilot made an emergency landing in a tobacco field. The vehicle was described as a “hangglider with a motor”
What: ultralight taking off from Cooper Field, a grass airstrip in far western Greene County
Where: cornfield in Greene County Tennessee
When: Sunday right after taking off
Who: 46-year-old Edward Molden
Why: The plane went up about 150 feet, then took a sharp left turn and did a nosedive into the ground, possibly due to wind.
