At 11:16 PM 17/04/01 +1000, you wrote:
>I was disappointed to hear the original TV news item last night refer to a
>HANG GLIDER pilot and then show some fairly relevant sailplane photos, and
>hear the QUITE MEANINGLESS term "joy flight" quoted. Thanks to JW for
>correcting these false impressions.
Given that the only place you can read anything about flying sailplanes is
in the HANG GLIDING magazine why am I not surprised?
On weak links - most other countries seem to put the weak link at the
glider end of the rope. This has the advantage that it can be inspected
before hook on.
Mike Borgelt
Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments
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