Parowan midair?

On Jun 21, 2:10*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Jun 21, 8:41*am, Bob 7U wrote:

I suppose the term 'low cost' is relative and depends upon whether you
compare it to the cost of your sailplane or your life.

Bob 7U

We have this exact same discussion on the rock climbing forums. The
corollary here is, how about all those $0.15 nuts and *bolts in your
sailplane? Isn't your life worth more than that? Why aren't you using
$100, or better yet $1000 nuts and bolts custom manufactured and
individually tested and certified to the most stringent certification
standards?

Thanks, Bob K.

not to mention trusting your life to some crazy guy who built a glider
in his garage...

not to mention trusting your life to some crazy guy who built a glider
in his garage...


Now that was funny! I'm sure Bob will come back with a nice, sharp
response.


Back to the serious aspect of this discussion. I just don't see this
as "black or white" as most others do. If I were involved in a
collision, I'd be so puckered up the damaged ship would probably be
safer than my skill, which would be seriously degraded by stress. I
guess I'd be looking to put it down as soon as possible with my hand
not far from the canopy eject handle the entire time. That's mostly
because I'm a low-timer and conservative by nature. I'm sure that a
cooler head in this type of situation comes with experience. Who am I
to judge someone way more experienced than me flying in this
circumstance. Over hostile terrain no less. I'm glad no one was hurt.


Dave

On Jun 21, 12:28*pm, Tony wrote:
On Jun 21, 2:10*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

On Jun 21, 8:41*am, Bob 7U wrote:

I suppose the term 'low cost' is relative and depends upon whether you
compare it to the cost of your sailplane or your life.

Bob 7U

We have this exact same discussion on the rock climbing forums. The
corollary here is, how about all those $0.15 nuts and *bolts in your
sailplane? Isn't your life worth more than that? Why aren't you using
$100, or better yet $1000 nuts and bolts custom manufactured and
individually tested and certified to the most stringent certification
standards?

Thanks, Bob K.

not to mention trusting your life to some crazy guy who built a glider
in his garage...

hey, I resemble that remark!

On Jun 21, 12:28*pm, Tony wrote:
On Jun 21, 2:10*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

On Jun 21, 8:41*am, Bob 7U wrote:

I suppose the term 'low cost' is relative and depends upon whether you
compare it to the cost of your sailplane or your life.

Bob 7U

We have this exact same discussion on the rock climbing forums. The
corollary here is, how about all those $0.15 nuts and *bolts in your
sailplane? Isn't your life worth more than that? Why aren't you using
$100, or better yet $1000 nuts and bolts custom manufactured and
individually tested and certified to the most stringent certification
standards?

Thanks, Bob K.

not to mention trusting your life to some crazy guy who built a glider
in his garage...

If I'm not mistaken, Bob has two rented shop bays. Certainly this
will result in a far safer airplane than one being build in a garage.