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Old August 14th 18, 10:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Chris Rowland[_2_]
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Default Flying with Parachutes

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

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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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