Re: Tom Knauff's newsletter

tknauff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> The glider pilot fatality rate is one of the highest of any activity.

I've been looking for accident statistics for gliding/soaring and haven't 
come across any formal studies. So the assertion above comes somthing as a

surprise and it would be greatly appreciated if you can provide the 
location of any sup****ting data. I know of some cross-modal studies that 
indicate that helicopters appear to have a higher accident rate on a per 
mile and hour flown than fixed wing aircraft, and that motorcycles are
more 
dangerous than general aviation flying, but gliders weren't split out into

their own category in those studies.

Actually, cross-modal accident studies are, in general, hard to find so
I'm 
always curious to know the source of any such claims.