On Nov 20, 7:57*am, vic20owner wrote:
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nobody wears a parachute unless they are contest flying or doing
aerobatics. *

No, that's just not true. You will find that almost all pilots that
own their own gliders and also fly cross county will wear a
parachute. Maybe some of them got into that habit because they also
fly contests in which parachutes are required. More likely they wear
parachutes because the glider was designed to use a parachute as part
of the seat back. Some pilots even like to think they have an option
if something goes wrong in flight.

Andy