Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:38 am
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Flyin'Dutch' wrote:What are the accident stats these days?
Their safety record has been appalling, ...
.. but I think that was in an earlier era of older machines and little qualified dual instruction being available, so some pilots had much of their earlier training in single seat gyro gliders towed or winched along runways. I can remember seeing this at Swansea. I believe that the record for the modern, usually Rotax, machines with pilots trained on them at established schools is very much better. The situation (and maybe the accident statistic, I don't know) may be comparable to early, barely regulated, microlighting compared to today.
However, I gather that the legacy affects today's insurance premia, at least in UK, making learning on your instructor's machine (initially, the only way to do it) more expensive than on a fixed wing 2-seater, especially a microlight. I assume this is reflected in the 'trial lesson' rates. I don't know if the same is true in Belgium, or at schools nearer the factories, eg in Italy.
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