On 10/24/2012 2:28 PM, Piet Barber wrote:
However, I was horrified to see some of the experienced instructors
get out of the gliders by unbelting the aircraft harnesses, then
unfastening the parachute, and getting out, leaving the parachute in
the glider. (I won't say the name of the club to protect the
guilty). I scolded them, "You shouldn't do that, you'll get in the
habit, and someday, when the need arises, you'll have to bail out in
an emergency. You'll follow that habit and jump out of the aircraft
without the parachute."

I've wondered if that ever happened, also. I used to leave the 'chute in
the glider, but now I don't for an entirely different than the one
stated above: I want to make sure I still have the strength and agility
required to lift me and the parachute out of the glider.

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