Accident in Namibia, SH Ventus 2cxm

On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 3:30:06 AM UTC+3, Don Johnstone wrote:
At 16:12 04 February 2016, Dan Marotta wrote:
How does that work? Do you push the knob forward to the detent to
deploy the chute and then outboard and forward again to jettison?
What
type of glider is that?

Looks like a Janus. If you are clumsy it is very easy to past the first
detent and all the way forward. The parachute then falls off in it's
container and is very difficult to find :-)

Yup, original Janus. Aerotow on belly hook, all-moving tailplane.

I never used the chute. The airbrakes themselves aren't so great, but add in landing flap and it's as good or better than a Grob. Plus it does a wicked sideslip which, unlike the parachute, is adjustable and can be recovered from and then applied again later as required.