At 22:41 10 November 2018, Eric Greenwell wrote:
wrote on 11/10/2018 1:55 PM:
Most insurance claims are incurred by XC pilots with poor
flying skills, landing out with minimal options and damaging
their a/c.

What country are you flying in? My memory might be fooling me,
but I recall
that
more insurance claims in the US come from local flights and
ground handling
damage
than XC landouts.

And, I don't need three landout options at 1500' - just one good
one is
enough.

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- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"

https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ions/download-
the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS,
Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...ansponders-in-
sailplanes-2014A.pdf
UK is a bit more compact than USA, so the more options you have
is safer? Ironically, in France, being a large country, field selection
for land-out is often tricky due to all the vineyards! Alpine flying is
another story-farmers are paid to set aside landing areas in valleys
and pilots are advised to reconnoitre these sites before flying the
mountains.