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February 15th 14, 05:08 PM
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FES in Contests
On Saturday, February 15, 2014 7:29:52 AM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
On rereading the article I see that it notes 3 out of 30 GERMAN world champions died in glider accidents, which would be 10%. Someone later corrected me on RAS that the number of German world champions was 32, and mental error rounded 3/32 to 11% (should be 9%). The article (a great one that everyone should read, by the way) isn't about world champions dying while racing, it's about highly experienced pilots dying while flying - and not during contests, by the way! So while it is relevant to gliding safety (or lack thereof) on the whole, it is not relevant to the topic of racing dangers. Does anyone know of any world champions that have died WHILE RACING? I don't. Probably because they are smart enough to know that you can't win if you are dead... Kirk 66 
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