On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 13:56:59 -0700, waremark wrote:

When I had my midair the canopy broke away from the frame in the impact
leaving the frame in place - and it was still in place later on in the
wreckage. The pilot in the other glider, an ASW 27 which has a front
hinged cockpit, used the normal canopy release, and had to squeeze
himself out against wind pressure between the edge of the cockpit and
the canopy. The whole canopy was still attached to the wreckage
afterwards. He was surprised to discover this - he thought he had used
the red emergency jettison levers, which are ahead of the white canopy
release levers in Schleicher gliders. It must have been much more
difficult for him to get out (but happily like me he was unhurt). There
is a moral there - regularly practice your bail out routine.

Has anybody bailed out from a Libelle or knows anybody who has? I'm just
wondering if the two rear pins act as a pseudo Roeger Hook and/or if you
need to guard against the canopy clobbering your head as it departs


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