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Old June 6th 14, 04:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Sanderse
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Default No interest in controls for disabled pilots?

You can find the details of the hoist on page 14 of the "Free Flight"
magazine at the following link:
http://www.sac.ca/index.php?option=c... 458&Itemid=88

One of our members, Martin Sanderse, modified an electric golf cart to
have=
a manual hoist (500lb capacity) that can use either a hoyer-type sling

or
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the Sure Hands lifting device. With this cart, we can lift a person out
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the wheel chair and safely place him/her into our glider (2 with hand
cont=
rols), then reverse the process after the flight. We have done this
hundre=
ds of times.

We have also trained pilots with physical disabilities, including the
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paraplegic glider instructor in Canada.

-John Brake
Freedom's Wings Canada - Toronto @ York Soaring


 




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