Originally Posted by Grider Pirate

On Oct 13, 3:09*am, tienshanman tienshanman.
wrote:
sisu1a;743304 Wrote:





*http://www.statesman.com/news/local/...s-his-ride-on-...

"I think it's like a coffin — with a view," * * * facepalm.... * *
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People need to come
into the sport with no illusions. I frankly found the coffin comment a
humorous breath of fresh air and I appreciate the parts of the article
that alluded to the risk factor in the sport. Seems to me that the
really good cross country pilots don’t fly like they do without
taking some pretty big risks - sometimes. I may be on weak ground here

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Hmm. If you have some analysis tools, download a bunch of flight files
from the OLC. I used to believe that the guys really racking up the
kilometers of XC were flying more aggressively, but I looked at a lot
of huge flights by a leading Region 11 pilot, and couldn't find any
instance where he put himself outside a 30:1 glide from a good landout
or airfield.