DANGER AREA RESTRICTION ALL WEEK!!
TEMPO DANGER AREA (TDA) ESTABLISHED (EG D198) WI AREA BOUNDED BY 505554N 0000721W - 505046N 0000240E - 504958N 0000139E - 505508N 0000822W - 505554N 0000721W (DITCHLING, EAST SUSSEX). BEYOND VISUAL LI…
Read more →26 Mar 2018Is it Safe?
Mike Meier, of Wills Wings hang gliders fame, wrote this article for the US Hang Gliding magazine back in 1998. As I see it, the only thing that has changed since then is that the sound of fracturing …
Read more →26 Feb 2018Independence reserve container safety notice
Affects only Silver lined reserve containers with an unreinforced single handle attachmwnt loop. See s.n. attached.
Read more →3 Jun 2017Safety Bulletin: EASINESS and EASINESS 2 reversible harnesses
http://www.advance.ch/en/home/news-pages/sicherheitsmitteilung-retter-verbindungsleine/ The connection between the V-lines and the reserve on all EASINESS and EASINESS 2 reversible harnesses must be c…
Read more →31 May 2017Today's Mid-Air Collision...
If anyone has any video of the mid-air collision at Mount Caburn today please would you send it to Dave Thompson at the BHPA. Please also let me have a copy if you would. By a complete miracle nobody …
Read more →31 May 2017777 Brake Pulleys
Apparently a number of 777 Rooks have had issues with pulleys jamming. Don't assume that other 777 gliders are unaffected. Please check yours and keep checking them. 777 are offering a fix.
Read more →23 May 2017Jojo wings Instinct Paraglider
BHPA safety notice attached.
Read more →8 Apr 2017Spring has sprung 2017
I'm sure there's an echo in here? here? here? WILL ALL MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEED TO CONFIRM CLUB MEMBERSHIP, AND THUS PILOT QUALIFICATION AND INSURANCE, RESIDES WITH EACH AND EVERY MEMBER NOT …
Read more →15 Dec 2016Quick Out safety notice - Don't be an idiot...
https://finsterwalder-charly.de/images/stories/produkte/bauteile/karabiner/dokumente/quickout-carabiner_safety_notice_12.2016.pdf Quick?Out carabiner safety notice ? 7. December 2016 Dear customers, O…
Read more →24 Aug 2016Gin Carabiners
A faulty gin carabiner has been brought to my attention. The internal spring has become displaced or suchlike such that it appears to close but has not actually engaged with the locking pin. See pictu…
Read more →25 Jul 2016Lightness 2 Lumbar strap
A lightness two lumbar strap failed in flight recently. The harness in question had been SIv'd and had a few hours on it but was not in generally worn condition. Please check your lumbar straps where …
Read more →4 Jul 2016Sup'Air harness buckles - no doubt other brands to follow. Different buckle to previous S/N
Unfortunately only in French at present: http://www.supair.com/document/safety/Safety-note_boucle-alu-T_2016-06_FR.pdf Approximately translated as 'the safety T lock buckles numbered in the S/N have o…
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