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I agree that the quantitative number of fatalities is of little statistical
value. In order to have statistical value the fatalities have to measured against flight hour, or against flights, etc. in order to establish an fatality rate. It is a fact that fatalities seldom happen in gliders that are in the hangar or their trailer. How many hours have these high performance gliders flown compared the fatality count? How many high performance gliders are flying in the country compared to the low performance group? Flight time, sortie rate, flight mission type, and pilot's experience are all items that need to be considered in order to determine risk factors associated with a sailplane's performance level. Respectfully, Wayne http://www.soaridaho.com/ "Andreas Maurer" wrote in message news ![]() On 7 Feb 2005 15:10:10 -0800, (Mark James Boyd) wrote: 29 fatalities. 7 ridge 4 off-airport landings 4 spin on final 3 intentional aerobatics 3 did a PCC but not an assembly check 2 drugs 2 midair 1 rope break 1 on top of rotor clouds 1 fuel exhaustion takeoff eng fail 1 trim failure, killed the towpilot Those statistics is absolutely worthless, I'm sorry to say. |
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