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flgliderpilot wrote:

Actually, I'd be more concerned with being impaled or having my abdomen
shredded by shards of broken fiberglass... for this reason I've always
thought old aluminum gliders with very low stall speeds were probably the
safest gliders. Just an impression though.

Aluminum aircraft skins generally shred or tear into very sharp edges in
a crash. Ask anyone who has survived a crash in a Blanik about that!

It seems that 1-26 crashes are often survived. Doubtless, this is, as
you suggest, due to low speed. However, what aluminum glider besides the
1-26 has such a low stall speed?

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