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Old May 17th 20, 01:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
jfitch
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Default Fatal Towplane Accident 5-9-20

On Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 2:19:41 PM UTC-7, wrote:
First time you have a malfunction with one of these contraptions here comes the lawsuit and good by contraption.

With the “technology will fix everything “ mentally, maybe you guys need to design stall/spin proof gliders, cause after all we can’t trust that guys will not be distracted and spin in. Ph we can’t do that, it will impinge on ship performance.you can’t always engineer out “stupid “.


While the product liability problem can be solved with shell corporations, let's not confuse a stall/spin accident with a tow kiting accident. The former kills the perpetrator, the latter kills innocent bystanders.

If you are confident in the skills and training of everyone you tow, then why have a release on the towplane at all? What could possibly go wrong?