FLYING magazine safety article

Stewart Kissel wrote:


U got that right, rain that feels like it will turn
to snow over on my side of the pile of rocks. So if
I understand your post Bob, then I agree with it.
One thing that has always bothered me with comparing
the fatality rate of autos to gliders is....with autos,
you got a pretty good chance of getting killed by another
driver. In gliders, you are almost always responsible
for your own death. So I am not sure how valid the
accident comparison rate is between the two.

My interpertation is this: I've known (met, flown with, talked to,
corrsponded with, not just heard their name) ten or more glider pilots
killed in glider accidents, but none that were killed in a car accident
on their way to or from the airport; for that matter, I can think of
only one pilot I knew that was killed in a car accident anywhere.


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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA