Hi Andreas,

I don't think the format of the contest (Grand Prix vs. a more standard
contest or even vs. general mountain soaring) had anything to do with the
accident. Soaring is dangerous. Accidents do unfortunately happen.
Mountain flying is dangerous too. But it is much more fun than spending
life on the ground.

Fly safe,

Paul Remde

"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:13:31 -0800 (PST), Tim Taylor
wrote:


Again, congratulation to the FAI World GP Gliding Championship team
for putting a fantastic viewer spectacle together.

I have to admit that I cannot agree at all.

The first mention of this GP in German newspapers were articles after
Herbert's accident. Nearly all the major newspapers in Germany had
huge artilces about his accident.

In my local newspaper the GP got a complete, promotion-free page. Two
articles, each mentioning how dangerous gliding is, listing all the
people killed by gliding in the last 20 years.
Over and over again.

Definitely the mother of all PR disasters. Couldn't have been worse.



Bye
Andreas