Safety Reminders on the CHGPA Web Site

[CraginS]

It may have been a while since folks perused the Educational Topics on the club web site.
I recommend that everyone hop over to that page and look around:
http://chgpa.org/Education/education.html

Mark C has done a tremendous job of bulding up high value content.
Some highlights:
Failure to hook-in might seem like a remote possibility to a new pilot, but it can and does happen. These resources suggest practices that may help you reduce your risk of hook-in failure:
Discussions during a CHGPA meeting held after a veteran pilot launched un-hooked from The Pulpit in December 1997 led to a list of tips for reducing the risk of Hook-In failure. (http://chgpa.org/Education/hookin.tips.html)
In spite of heightened awareness, a second veteran pilot failed to hook-in not five months after the December incident. (http://chgpa.org/Education/hookin.accident.html)

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Concerns about hook-in failures highlight the importance of preflight checklists.
Here's an article that describes why checklists are important in all of aviation, including hang gliding.
This CHGPA-recommended preflight checklist for hang gliding provides a step-by-step summary of each preflight task, and a printer-friendly version that you can place on a downtube, barmitt, etc.


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Remembering the Spring of '95 : This compilation documents a series of incidents in our area that occurred in 1995. Every pilot, regardless of experience level, will find valuable lessons about cross-country flight and evaluation of conditions here. Read it, then re-affirm your committment to flying safely.
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Thanks, Mark!

cragin