The details of this accident have caused me to rethink the probabilities if glider collissions. Given the size of the airspace one would think that the likelihood of 2 aircraft being within the one small box at the same instant would be unlikely in the extreme, yet it has happened before.
I have had two near misses in only 650 flying hours. The take off/landing area seems to be the most vulnerable area because that is where the flight paths cross most often. We have processes in place to prevent this sort of accident but in this case they all failed. Better use of radio seems to be one area where we could improve. Apparently a landing call was made but was not sufficiently understood and it did not stop the launch. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:28 AM, John GWYTHER (BigPond) < [email protected]> wrote: > A wake-up call here - > http://www.theage.com.au/national/complacency-amateur-rules-contributed-to-fatal-glider-collision-coroner-finds-20141002-10peab.html > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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