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Old October 24th 13, 10:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Some gliders safer than others?

On Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:35:45 PM UTC-4, kirk.stant wrote:
I know of a passenger that broke an ankle in a stalled 2-33 crash that broke the plane in two (behind the wing trailing edge)...


I only have anecdotes wrt survivability of 2-33 crashes, but your anecdote seems pretty favorable. I'd be happy to simply break an ankle and hop away from the front seat of a stalled and crashed glider.