Sheesh guys, I feel a bit like the guest passing wind at the dinner table, but I'm really sure that something is amiss here.
As a sport we cop a fair degree of "ooh, isn't it dangerous", which I suspect many of us revel a little in because, to be frank, it feels good. But at the same time we all want to see our sport's membership increase etc etc. And yet our national mail list contains stories (I hope someone's just pulling my leg) of gaffer taped pins & no pins at all; and our latest national mag boasts advertisements for new gliders showing a high energy finish how far (<3m?) above the deck? Surely this type of advert is just plain wrong after the tragic death at UK Juniors recently; and the pins stories just plain wrong given the way pilot attitudes are a key to the deaths we continue to see in Australia. On the other hand I was impressed with the cool, rational & I bet effective way HGFA stepped in to address some HG pilots leaving a carabiner unclipped at coastal sites in the same SA mag. I'm not a police-state kind of guy, but I'd almost think it was in the GFA's interests to take some kind of action to prevent these practices and/or to reduce their gung-ho profile in the sport. I had a nasty little outlanding incident myself a short while back, and I'm busily recalibrating my own sense of what's safe versus too risky; newcomers to the sport seeing this kind of stuff are surely getting the wrong message. Hope to see you guys #alive# at the next comps. Brett Kettle -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of simon holding Sent: Monday, 5 September 2005 1:52 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Discus Pins Our Cirrus flies OK with no pin at all. You just have to be careful with the gap tape!! Simon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Monday, 5 September 2005 12:57 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring inAustralia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Discus Pins At 01:12 PM 5/09/05 +1000, you wrote: >Before too many more people become concerned - please confirm which pins you mean... > IIRC there is only one loose pin on a Discus B. The MAIN pin. Wonder who signed the second signature on the MR after rigging? Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 Int'l + 61 429 355784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
