G'YN GLIDERS released a safety notice a few days ago relating to a couple of wings in their product range. Clearly they are concerned for their loyal customer base and are taking steps to ensure the safety of the pilots. Once again it's good to see a manufacturer being pro-active in helping pilots to "stay safe".
Please find below the full safety notice just in case you missed it. To assist the reader we've added a few notes [Editorial Notes - Ed] especially aimed at those for whom English is not their ferst langwage.
Quote:
"We strongly advise you not to fly in the rain on the BoomBoom GTi and the BoomBoom Seven [No shit - Ed] These high performance gliders are very susceptible to deep stall in the rain." [No shit - Ed]
"The development path of modern high performance paragliders (etc, etc) bears no allowance for these kind of gliders to fly when wet." [No shit - Ed]
"If you see a shower coming during a flight, even a light one, we strongly advise you to go to land immediately." [No shit - Ed]
"If you do fly in the rain, and if you enter a stall, which generally happens when you enter lift, do as follows. Do not perform any actions with your brakes, do not steer the wing, push on the "A" risers. [No shit - Ed] If this is not sufficient to recover the flight, push the speed bar and maintain the action". [No shit - Ed]
So there you have it reader, some good solid advice: "Don't fly in the pissing rain".
No shit!
Please find below the full safety notice just in case you missed it. To assist the reader we've added a few notes [Editorial Notes - Ed] especially aimed at those for whom English is not their ferst langwage.
Quote:
"We strongly advise you not to fly in the rain on the BoomBoom GTi and the BoomBoom Seven [No shit - Ed] These high performance gliders are very susceptible to deep stall in the rain." [No shit - Ed]
"The development path of modern high performance paragliders (etc, etc) bears no allowance for these kind of gliders to fly when wet." [No shit - Ed]
"If you see a shower coming during a flight, even a light one, we strongly advise you to go to land immediately." [No shit - Ed]
"If you do fly in the rain, and if you enter a stall, which generally happens when you enter lift, do as follows. Do not perform any actions with your brakes, do not steer the wing, push on the "A" risers. [No shit - Ed] If this is not sufficient to recover the flight, push the speed bar and maintain the action". [No shit - Ed]
So there you have it reader, some good solid advice: "Don't fly in the pissing rain".
No shit!
Pie in the Sky
Funnier than the 1972 "Robert Livingston Seagull patio door" accident
Funnier than the 1972 "Robert Livingston Seagull patio door" accident