At 16:18 11 February 2004, Mark James Boyd wrote:
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At 500 feet and below (typical ultralight altitude),

I'm gonna go out on a limb and
say they are DEFINITELY safer...from a midair in a
gaggle at a bijillion
feet...
I dunno...

It would remove the temptation to stay with the glider
and try to save it. You pull the bung and float down
on the BRS, rather than descend from 3000', have the
tailplane part company with the fin at 1000' and bunt
straight into the ground. And, before Mark claims that
scenario is far fetched, it has already happened with
fatal consequences.

I would have a BRS if it was possible to retrofit one
to my glider at a sensible price.

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