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New Butterfly Vario
On 2/10/2012 8:03 AM, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Feb 10, 5:54 am, wrote: On Feb 10, 7:26 am, wrote: What do you mean by "bank indicator (still allowed)" ? That's his checkbook register. After buying that fancy ASG-29, it's a pretty small number and hence easy to read in the cockpit. The fear of damaging damaging such a valuable asset keeps him out of cloud :-). -T8 (slipping, one bubble off center) Eric - the issue is not whether or not you need a particular instrument but whether, since they are going to be included in an increasing number of multi-use instruments, these should be prohibited. In nearly 2,000 hours of glider flying, I have only found the need for a horizon on two occasions, but I was glad to have one! Your argument could be used for parachutes too - I have never needed or used mine. I'm not which Eric you are answering, but parachutes have been used a few times in contests, but I'm not aware of any accidents that would have been avoided in contests if a horizon had been installed. So, pragmatically, requiring parachutes seems like a good idea. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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