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Old November 1st 07, 09:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ian
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Default How dangerous is soaring?

On 1 Nov, 00:41, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

Observe that the numbers for gliders are 19.45 accidents per 100,000
hours flown, with 5.07 fatal accidents per 100,000 hours.


Coo. And I just estimated (in another post before seeing this) a
fatality every 25,000 pilot hours in the UK.

Ian