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Old July 17th 14, 09:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Chris Rollings[_2_]
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Default Houston crash today

At 20:10 16 July 2014, Kevin Christner wrote:
On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:42:12 PM UTC-4, Chris Nicholas wrote:
Sorry, you haven't.



Chris N


Some reasonable questions:

Are there over 25 known accidents (likely more than 50 fatalities) from
stall / spin accidents in the Puchacz?

Have very experienced advocates of safety (Tom Knuaff, Cindy Brickner)
opined that they have serious concerns about the P. and do not feel it is
safe to spin?

Is there any other glider type that has lost ~10% of its production in

spin
/ stall accidents?

If the answer to these questions is yes, it is very irrational to

continue
putting people at the risk of death. Sorry but think that is arguable.


I think you'll find that the Schweizer 2-32 has lost considerably more than
10% of the fleet inn spinning accidents.