Hi All, Recently we had to turn away a potential member because of his weight. He understood the predicament that it could put the club in. Hopefully, it might provide some incentive for him to do something about his built-in ballast and return to us.
Seeing recent publicity about changes to CASA figures for passenger weights on commercial aircraft, personal mass is one aspect of society that is starting to bite us. With the girth of people on the increase and figures published that 60% of the population have a BMI above recommended limits, the maximum cockpit weight is becoming an item that is being tested and often exceeded to one degree or another. Balak's K21's are able to take 110kg max in the front seat, as long as the rear seat doesn't exceed about 95kg, but a lot of other two-seaters - especially older designs cannot handle these loads. How are other clubs handling this issue when prospective members are all-to-obviously outside of limits? What about existing members, whose shadow has grown to Cb size over time? Leigh Bunting Colonel Light Gardens South Australia <Open Windows and let the bugs in> -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
