How many dead ex-world champion glider pilots are there? How many
active privately owned gliders in the US and how many fatals per year
in privately owned gliders? Soaring is not as safe as glider pilots
like to believe.
On Mar 21, 11:26*am, bildan wrote:
On Mar 21, 6:45*am, "
wrote:

Anything that dangerous must be fun *On the other hand sailplanes
have a terrible safety record, training and experience doesn't seem to
help either.

I would rephrase...

Pilots who think training and experience doesn't matter tend to have
terrible safety records.