At 00:14 04 April 2009, Ian wrote:
I would be very interested, for professional reasons, to hear
from
anyone who has used a ballistic recovery chute in a glider.

Ian

Only one I've heard of was the sparrowhawk that broke during
highspeed flight testing. I believe the ballistic chute
attachments failed and the pilot used a regular parachute.
Story was in Soaring sometime in the last couple of years.