On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:04:13 +0200, John Smith wrote:

wrote:
Here are three examples of more risky flying WITH a parachute that I do
/ have done:

2) Aerobatic flying
3) Glider competition

Off topic, but it makes me always wonder. To me, simple plain cross
country flying is by far the most dangerous way to operate a glider. At
least as risky as competition and certainly far more risky than
aerobatics. But as I said, off topic.

That surely depends on the circumstances:

- if you're flying in a flat part of the country after the crops
have been harvested that XC is only slightly more risky than
local soaring in normal Sunday afternoon conditions.

- OTOH during the UK's foot & Mouth outbreak in 2001 when only local
soaring was permitted the air round our field no only got distinctly
busy, but on the frequent weak days we had massed landings as well.
During this period local soaring involved considerably more risk than
normal XC flying does in our area.


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