Reason 28, 29, 30.... why I don't paraglide
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
		
Have you factored out the unairworthy gliders made so by faulty assembly? 
 
worthyAt 01:29 22 March 2011, Eric Greenwell wrote: 
On 3/21/2011 6:00 PM, bildan wrote: 
 
 
 An airworthy spar in a glider flown by a well trained pilot who knows 
 and follows the rules has a 0% chance of breaking. 
 
Wasn't that the point of the website? That the paraglider has a  
relatively large, non-zero chance of "breaking", even though you are  
well trained and follow the rules? I don't know if he's right, but  
seemed to be reasonable argument, that many/most accidents began when  
the paraglider became unairworthy. That seems different from our  
sailplane experience, where I'd say most glider crashes involve an  
airworthy glider. 
 
--  
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to  
email me) 
 
 
 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
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