On Monday, May 6, 2013 6:53:10 PM UTC-6, son_of_flubber wrote:
From "Gliding International", May-June 2013, page 57, paragraph 3



"It is not commonly known that there have been three known Lithium batteries (sic) fires within an airborne sailplane producing two fatalities."

That statement requires specific citations of national safety board accident reports to be believable. AFAIK, all national aviation safety boards require investigations of in-flight fires so there should be reports on file.

The only reports of in-flight battery fires I can find involve lead-acid or Ni-cad packs.