True story - that was my Cirrus. Pilot undid harness.

Nick

On Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:25:22 UTC+9:30, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:40:36 -0700, cat.jardini wrote:



wouldn't your glider pitch up and whack you after you released the

stick?



Not necessarily. IIRC there was a case in Australia some years back when

a Std Cirrus bunted violently from level flight, throwing the pilot out

through the canopy. He parachuted down while the glider flew, inverted,

in circles round him all the way down and eventually landed some 10-20

metres away.





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