So how many glider pilots have been
killed/seriously injured by the parachute landing
after successfully getting out and deploying the
chute at a height where it will fully deploy before hitting the ground?
I know Harry was injured but his was a VERY low
opening and I know of some some ankle/back
injuries and bruises. Where gliders are flown in
Australia there's usually not much to hit but you
may have fun trying to get out of a tree. Got a
survival kit on your person along with a GPS 406 Mhz beacon?
When you deploy the whole aircraft parachute in a
Cirrus SR22 you don't even have a steering option
so you are just along for the ride.
As for "One thing G Dale said is that using a
parachute should be considered to be a normal
part of gliding. As normal as doing an
outlanding." yeah, right. It should be considered
a last ditch option when you have no options
left. If nothing else the abandoned glider is a
(very small) risk to innocent people on the ground.
This isn't the Battle of Britain.
Mike
At 10:39 AM 10/26/2017, you wrote:
>>>then relax and enjoy the ride" as a great
part of the risk is over. Ah! The late great
Angelo Crapanzono, inventor of the pulled apex
canopy was asked about when to deploy. His
reply was
(in Italian English) "When the shh*t
is up to here"
points to forehead. "Then
maybe thee sh*t will be up to here
" points to
bridge of nose
¦ "or here
" points just below
nose. I think there must be a moment or two of
relief that your chute has opened, followed by
some time of alarm as you try and learn to
steer the canopy and remember the drill for
landing into wind, away from trees, buildings,
water, animals, traffic etc. etc. D
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