You can find the details of the hoist on page 14 of the "Free Flight"
magazine at the following link:
http://www.sac.ca/index.php?option=c... 458&Itemid=88

One of our members, Martin Sanderse, modified an electric golf cart to
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a manual hoist (500lb capacity) that can use either a hoyer-type sling
or
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the Sure Hands lifting device. With this cart, we can lift a person out
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the wheel chair and safely place him/her into our glider (2 with hand
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rols), then reverse the process after the flight. We have done this
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ds of times.

We have also trained pilots with physical disabilities, including the
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paraplegic glider instructor in Canada.

-John Brake
Freedom's Wings Canada - Toronto @ York Soaring