On 9/26/2012 1:54 PM, wrote:
And least forget, is the SSA willing to defend the liability of
“outlawing” a universally proven safety technology such as AHRS?

Where is the evidence that gliders equipped with AHRS are safer? I don't
think that could even be proven for GA airplanes, given the number of
crashes from flight into IMC in airplanes equipped with AHRS.

Could the SSA be sued for NOT requiring these devices?

Until we hear from lawyers with experience in this situation, I think we
ought to stick with talking about what we know, and stop trying to scare
people with shadowy liability issues. There are plenty of real, know,
liability issues to worry about, anyway.

Seriously, your danger in a contest is not from getting sucked into a
cloud, but colliding with another glider, or you colliding with the ground.

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