Softie Parachute for Schleicher gliders with a seat back cutout

Originally Posted by Mark Morwood

On Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 12:10:47 AM UTC+10, Dan Marotta wrote:
Aussies do things differently, Mike.

One one trip to The Alice (Bond Springs), when I went to preflight my
glider I was told that I was not authorized to do that.Â* Only the
"engineer" was allowed to do the morning inspection.Â* In the US, it's
the pilot's responsibility to insure that the aircraft is safe for flight..


The person that told you that was wrong for Australian glider pilots in Australia, at least since I have been gliding.The daily inspection can be done by anyone with a DI rating, which is most post-solo pilots. This inspection will be noted in the Maintenance Release kept in the glider and is valid for the day. The pre-flight inspection is done by the pilot. I'm not actually sure how the DI would work for "foreign" pilots, as the recognition of foreign qualifications seems to be challenging everywhere, but I assume the DI qualification would be assumed as part of your reciprocal licence as I suspect it is not a separate rating elsewhere in the world.

Hi

Adding to the drift...Bottom line is whether or not I can 'sign out' the glider I sure as heck am doing my own preflight to satisfy myself that I want to park my butt in it and commit aviation.

Some years back at the Auckland Gliding Club I checked the daily log in a glider before flying it mid afternoon. No one had signed out the DI and it had already been flown several times....D'oh!

I rest my case lol
Colin