midair in Bay Area Nov 7
Yikes! This is the THIRD collision I've heard of in the last year and a half between PowerFLARM equipped aircraft where one of the PowerFLARMs is not working. In the first two cases the towplane PowerFLARM was not operating, one because of undisclosed issues, the other because the towpilot was taxiing back to the hangar without turning on the PowerFLARM when a glider at the end of its landing run pulled in front.
3 Missed Opportunities
5 Write Offs
2 Fatalities
1 Hospitalisation
How much has/will your insurance go(ne) up ?
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