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New book / close calls / accident prevention / Bob Wander
To: rec.aviation.soaring readers/visitors worldwide
From: Bob Wander, Minnesota, USA New book / accident prevention for glider pilots. Hi Folks, I am assembling a new book that is a compilation of 'close calls' that could have resulted, or did result, in a glider accident or towplane accident. My intent is to publish the book under as a new book in the 'Gliding Mentor' book series that I publish; this volume will be the eighth book in that series. Do you know of a close call? A close call is an event that 1. COULD have resulted in a gliding accident, or, 2. DID result in a gliding accident; an accident that except for luck or good karma, could have been much more serious than it turned out to be. I have multiple accounts in hand. I would like to have more accounts. In particular I am seeking accurate accounts of any incident(s): 1. That you have personally participated in or personally witnessed first-hand, and 2. That you think contains a lesson for the rest of us to help us all fly more safely. If you would like to contribute, please email me at . Please do NOT include the names of any participants (other than your own name) in your account. A brief note on what lesson the close call teaches us would also be appreciated. The names of all contributors will be kept confidential in the published version of the new book. If your contribution is included in the new book, you will receive a free copy when it is released. You will also receive your choice of any two of the other seven books in the Gliding Mentor series: Thermals (Rolf Hertenstein) Towpilot Manual (Burt Compton) End Of The Line: Glider Pilot Aerotow Manual (Murray Shain) Cross Country Manual For Glider Pilots (Dean Carswell) Breaking The Apron Strings: Soaring Cross Country (Phil Petmecky) Practical Wave Flying (Mark Palmer) Final Four: Making Safe Glider Outlandings (Don Ingraham). Thank you and safe soaring to all, Bob Wander Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA General Editor and publisher of the Gliding Mentor book series Email address: Website: www.bobwander.com -end. |
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