http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=25963
Woman killed in B.C. hang gliding fall.
Brian Scharp - 2014/10/02 18:57:19 UTC
It's not uncommon for the family members of those who have experienced a tragedy to hope others may learn from their loss and not have to endure the same.
It's virtually nonexistent in hang gliding. Find a family member ever participating in any effort to get any easily fixable problem like this easily fixed. Lenami's family mainly wants revenge - on a lot of the right people for almost entirely the wrong reasons.
I doubt they would be offended by the use of a photo to keep a topic alive and possibly reaching someone new.
I have zero doubt. But I don't really give a flying fuck one way or the other. It's OUR problem to fix. In any case do a Google image search for "Lenami". What's it matter?
I can't say the same for some of the comments being made here.
Paul Hurless - 2014/10/02 19:25:42 UTC
There was no discussion, just his typical posting of someone else's misfortune.
There's been TONS of discussion.
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=31781
Another hang check lesson
Alan Deikman - 2014/09/23 19:47:06 UTC
For my part I will just refer you to the classic Tad Eareckson essay which I call "
the gun is always loaded" which is a bit overworked but probably all you will ever need to read regarding FTHI. A lot of people will find it gores their particular sacred Ox, but I have never seen anyone point out a flaw in his logic.
But you total fuckin' dickheads totally refuse to implement the obvious, easy, no cost fix.
He's Tad's conduit to the .org.
He does what he wants. I don't have his balls in a vice.
He parrots that psychopathic shit stain as if he is the one true source of the correct and only way to hang glide.
The way you "parrot" the psychopathic shit stain Jim Keen-Intellect Rooney, the Patron Saint of 130 Pound Greenspot, assuring us that that flavor of fishing line is the only proven and acceptable aerotow lockout protector and inconveniencer?
And how 'bout your little flock of Aussie Methodists over there?
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. Don't choose the path of least resistance)
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As someone else mentioned, a couple of those beliefs are that landings should only be made on wheels...
Quote michael170 or T** at K*** S****** ever saying that.
...and spot landings are bad.
1. How come I didn't hear any contradictions to:
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=21088
What you wish you'd known then?
Doug Doerfler - 2011/03/02 05:24:44 UTC
Nothing creates carnage like declaring a spot landing contest.
2. Nah. Spot landings are totally fucking...
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...AWESOME! I NEVER get tired of watching the videos!
Tad was run off of every other hang gliding web site for good reason.
He was consistently mopping the floor with off the scale stupid douchebags such as yourself.
Now he has only a private soap box to preach from.
And seeing how much misery that brings to you fills my heart with pure joy.
Expressing an opinion, as I am doing here, is one thing, making pronouncements about the only way things should be done and that doing them any other way is wrong is something else entirely.
Yeah... So what's your point? If you go to the HGMA website you'll find there are pronouncements that there's only one way to certify a hang glider for airworthiness. That's how come we no longer have gliders plummeting out of the sky for no good reason. And NOBODY EVER complains about those specs or pushes for getting them dumbed down so's we'll have better and cheaper gliders to fly.
Tad openly states that he hopes that people who don't agree with his insanity will get injured or killed.
Nah, Tad's just TOTALLY COOL with hook-in check skippers, Rooney Linkers, easy reachers, pin benders, pro toads, spot landers, flare timing perfecters, opinion formers doing their bits to improve the gene pool.
Anyone who identifies with him should be treated with the same contempt.
By you, Jason, your ilk? Bring it on. Renews my confidence that I'm on the right track.
Does Michael170 actually fly?
What kind of shithead gives a rat's ass?
Or is he just a used-to-be who uses the .org as a place to vent his frustrations?
Like you're doing now?
There aren't a whole lot of people in this sport worth shit or better who don't vent their frustrations. Or would you argue that things are all just so wonderful that there's no need for that sort of thing?
Dennis Cavagnaro - 2014/10/02 20:18:23 UTC
As fellow flyers have we learned anything new?
I'm not one of your FELLOW flyers, motherfucker.
I don't think so. I have always thought the one of the purposes of this site was to expose hang gliding as a exciting healthy activity.
1. That only kills one participant per thousand per year and mangles who the fuck knows how many 'cause USHGA has totally gutted its accident reporting system.
2. Then your welcome to expose it as such. Same way tobacco company executives used to present chain smoking as an exciting healthy activity during commercial breaks on children's television shows.
When analysis reaches obsession it leads to people being turned off.
Well then, I guess hang gliding must not be as exciting and healthy an activity is it's being cracked up to be.
Tad sucked...
SUCKED?! I STILL suck. Ask anybody.
he sucked as a HGing pilot and then reinvented himself as a sucky paraglider pilot.
Wrong Tad, dude. This on ALWAYS does hook-in checks. That one NEVER did.
F him and lets not replicate his negative views on flying.
Fuck both of us.
Sad accident, mistakes made, we know the mistakes....lets move on.
And keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting better results.
Move on, Dennis. Nobody's forcing you to participate in or read this thread.
They posted photos of a dead woman. DISGUSTING!
P.S. Posts in General:
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That way when a weak link breaks on you, ITS A NON-ISSUE. Genius huh??? 
