Thread: Are 'Single 180 Turn From Downwind to Final' and 'Stall-spin on Turnfrom Base to Final' mutually exclusive?
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Old August 3rd 16, 10:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Are 'Single 180 Turn From Downwind to Final' and 'Stall-spin onTurn from Base to Final' mutually exclusive?
On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 1:58:11 PM UTC-4, 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

Would you be happier if the distribution of fatal accidents favored some other phase of flight? The goal should be to reduce overall accidents, not to shift fatalities to some other phase of flight!