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Old October 25th 12, 04:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Max Kirschner[_2_]
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Default emergency egress, sans 'chute?

At 14:57 25 October 2012, wrote:
I am certainly not afraid that I would undo the parachute straps in an
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gency bailout.
However, I mostly step out of the glider with the parachute on the back -
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ecause it makes a difference! Seatbelt lock get messed up with the
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e, weight is significant, mobility reduced. These are all things I'd like
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o be used to should I really need to act under shock one day.


There was a case in the UK of an RAF Pilot jumping out of a Bulldog, he
fell out of his unfastened harness.