On 17 Sep, 13:33, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:36:16 -0700, Ian
wrote:

But remember the Idaflieg survey which found no evidence that anyone
had ever made the decision to use a parachute from a glider below
500m and survived.

I'm pretty sure that someone misread that survey. I personally know
three people who bailed out of a glider below 1.000 ft and survived.

As I recall, it was the "made the decision" bit which was critical -
there were people who had bailed out below 500m, but they had all made
the decision to do so while higher. However, I'd welcome correction
or, better still, a copy of the report. Anyone?

Ian