In the UK, a statistic was thrown around a few years ago that 5 people a year were killed by soft drinks vending machines and 4 people a year on average died in glider accidents. I've been more careful retreiving my Diet Coke ever since. Oh, and never rock the machine if it gets stuck.
Thats sound advice!
jim
From: "Ben Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."<aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."<aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net>
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] ACCIDENT & INCIDENT REPORTING IN THE GFA
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:31:56 +0900
>Maybe if the results of a Accident/Incident were published this *might* just
>save a couple of lives every year, better some than none.
>
>Even if these reports were not published on paper , publishing on a website
>(in a members only area)where interested pilots and flying instructors could
>take and learn from some valuable lessons from those who didn't finish there
>flight as expected ........
>
>Ben
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] ACCIDENT & INCIDENT REPORTING IN THE GFA
>
>
> >
> > What I am suggesting is that those who believe that some kind of magical
> > safety panacea will be achieved if GFA would just publish more detailed
> > accident data are _clearly_ wrong, and are consequently probably getting
> > hung up on the wrong thing.
> >
>
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