Quotes

[Steve Davy]

http://sonomawingsbb.yuku.com/topic/4980/When-to-deploy-your-parachute-when-youre-hang-gliding
When to deploy your parachute when you're hang gliding.

Greg Sugg - 2013/07/07

My aerotow bridle has two hook-in-sleeve type releases. They are extremely simple, and if one doesn't work for some reason, just use the other.

Brilliant!

[Steve Davy]

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24846
Is this a joke ?

Bart Weghorst - 2011/08/28 20:29:27 UTC

Now I don't give a shit about breaking strength anymore. I really don't care what the numbers are. I just want my weaklink to break every once in a while.

[Steve Davy]

http://www.energykitesystems.net/Lift/hgh/TadEareckson/4144review.pdf
4144 Review

Tad Eareckson - 2009/10/27

Because the weak link automatically kills the engine as an unavoidable, unintended, and undesirable side effect of its true function of a load limiter, it's often mistaken by the less astute person as a form of kill switch which justifies the use of an unreliable and/or inaccessible actual kill switch. These people invariable dial down the accelerometer setting to the extent that the load limiter goes off at random and normal situations are often turned into crashes and recoverable situations are often turned into fatalities. But once in a few thousand pops the load limiter will, in fact, happen to function as compensation for an unreliable and/or inaccessible kill switch so the less astute people (read pretty much all of them) will dial down their accelerometers to the ragged edge of sustainable tow and congratulate themselves on what safe and conscientious pilots they are (and ground anyone who begs to differ).

[Tad Eareckson]

http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35257
The student on tow

Cragin Shelton - 2013/12/21 22:35:03 UTC

The purpose of a weaklink is to break when stressed.

[Steve Davy]

http://www.ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1459
Lockout

Bill Cummings - 2013/12/22 01:56 UTC

The pilot couldn't find his release line tied to one of his shoulder straps.
His beefed up weaklink let go (way late).

[Steve Davy]

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=30614
Newbie - a little concerned

Brad Barkley - 2014/01/08 15:28:30 UTC

I'm convinced that it's mostly the "Whoo hoo....adrenaline junkie!" types who go out and get themselves hurt.

[Tad Eareckson]

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=13359
Today was a bad day!

Mike Bomstad - 2009/08/26 04:21:15 UTC

The harness is part of the aircraft... end of story.
(Just because it's easy to remove, does not mean it should be. Dont choose the path of least resistance)

Attach it to the wing, completing the aircraft.... then preflight the completed aircraft.
Buckle yourself into the cockpit and then your ready.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c87vgq5ZFU0

[Steve Davy]

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=30634
Exercises for HG fitness - which are best?

Todd Sheehan (Glidestone) - 2014/01/14 14:46:58 UTC
Rochester, NY

I'm also a strong believer in adding pullups. If you can't do a pull-up (or 5) then you shouldn't be flying! If you forget to clip in, your arms are the only thing that's going to save you.

[Tad Eareckson]

http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=30632
reinventing ultalight flying

Dave Hopkins - 2014/01/13 19:17:43 UTC

KSS

[Steve Davy]

http://www.ntsb.gov/news/speeches/hersman/daph131211o.html
Investigative Hearing on the Crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214

Deborah A.P. Hersman - 2013/12/11

Today's hearing will address the first fatal commercial airline crash in the United States since February 2009. It is a testament to the steadily improving safety of commercial aviation that almost four and a half years, and more than 40 million flights, have passed between the Colgan Air crash near Buffalo, New York, that claimed 50 lives and the one we discuss today. Yet, sadly, we do meet today to learn lessons from the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport.