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At 16:24 14 August 2018, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Eric Greenwell wrote on 8/13/2018 7:36 PM: wrote on 8/13/2018 7:13 PM: Having a chute needing one Yeah, yeah. I know. I screwed that one up. Sorry. Better to have a chute and not need it than to need one and not have it. I was always better at English than Math. Thank God for free apps. In 5 minute, I was able to recall 7 pilots I know/knew whose lives were saved by parachuting from their glider. I can't remember any pilots that were saved by seat belts in their cars. So, if you know me, please wear a parachute, because there is a good chance you will need to bail out of a glider, and I don't want to lose any friends. Correction: I do know a glider pilot that survived a car crash due to seat belts, so the score is... Parachutes: 7 Seat belts: 1 -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1 - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf I've had two car accidents where I was wearing a seat belt and got out without a scratch. (Neither my fault.) If I hadn't been wearing a belt I don't think that would have happened. No I wasn't lucky, I'd made the decision to always wear a seat belt long before. We don't notice when things just work. |
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