Re: Tom Knauff's newsletter

"Brad" <apispilot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:dd87318f-f118-45c6-a2fe-034eeeefd89f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> be blamed on equipment. While I'm blundering about I don't want my
> equipment to fail me.

This is exactly what "scares" me the most. Imagine aggresively
thermalling in front of a rock face, only to find out your elevator
circuit fails just as you start your turn away from the granite.
Wonder what the nattering nabobs of negativity in our club would say
about that one?

Brad

I'd bet that at least 99% of those who actually hit a cliff had perfectly 
airworthy gliders one nanosecond before impact.  It happens often enough 
there's a name for it - CFIT.  (Controlled Flight Into Terrain)

Yes, by all means, eliminate equipment failures.  But if a pilot is among 
the tiny minority destined to have an accident, there's a 99% probability 
the cause will be the fabled "loose nut on the stick".

Bill Daniels
"Your most effective safety gear is located between your ears."