You mean we should make changes because someone in Poland gets beaned by a 
piece of wreckage?

 

From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Scutter
Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 8:15 AM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Liability to public.

 

Turnpoints are usually over populated areas such as towns.

Turnpoints are naturally an area of higher collision risk because of converging 
headings.

Pilots tend to outland/get low near turnpoints because of tunnel vision or 
trying round the turnpoints efficiently in high wind.

Perhaps turnpoints shouldn't be over populated areas/landmarks in competitions 
in this age of GPS navigation?

 

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Derek Ruddock <[email protected]> wrote:

Lookout, lookout, lookout…

 

From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher 
McDonnell
Sent: Monday, 2 June 2014 6:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Aus-soaring] Liability to public.

 

http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/172564,Pilot-killed-in-glider-tournament


_______________________________________________
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

Reply via email to