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Old August 3rd 16, 08:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Don Johnstone[_4_]
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Default Are 'Single 180 Turn From Downwind to Final' and 'Stall-spin on Turn from Base to Final' mutuall

At 17:58 03 August 2016, wrote:
Regarding the many ideas posted, it is probably fitting to repost the
following:

"64% of fatal glider accidents occur during the landing phase."

Tom Knauff


That's a bit like saying that 99% of people who enter a retirement
home die there. You only have to get 30 seconds of any flight
absolutely right, the first and last 15 seconds, you can get away with
most everything else. You only crash when the ground gets in the way.