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The "Silly Season"
It’s spring! Let the soaring season begin.
We call this “The Silly Season,” when otherwise safe, competent pilots do the dumbest things often resulting in accidents. Glider clubs and commercial operations around the country conduct spring safety seminars to help pilots get their head in the game by reviewing basic safety issues such as performing a proper assembly, preflight, and pre-takeoff checklists. With 50% of glider fatalities occurring during the first few seconds of flight, a review of launching emergency procedures is an important and necessary review. The other obvious problem area is landings. Over the years, I have made several presentations at the FAA safety seminar in Lakeland Florida, and these one-hour presentations are available in DVD format so you and your club of FBO can present them at your safety meetings. All you need is a laptop computer, a projector and screen. Preventing Launching Accidents Preventing Landing Accidents Preventing Stall Accidents New for this year is the presentation I made in February: Ten year Accident Review You can order these DVDs and other safety related materials from our web site: www.eglider.org Click on the link for DVDs Tom Knauff |
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