I am aware of one accident caused by a dropped camera jamming behind the
stick. Both occupants of the glider were seriously injured.

At 05:13 14 January 2016, Larry Suter wrote:
Occasionally students will pull out a camera that mounts on their head. I
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on't allow that since it could break a canopy (and maybe the student's
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) in turbulence.

I wouldn't want someone putting a selfie-stick out the small window of
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of our club ships because of the potential for cracking a canopy. We just
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eplaced the rear canopy on one of our G-103s; cost $7 by the time it was
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l done. Insurance picked most of it up, which means we all pay for it.

Larry