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How safe are hang gliders?

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How safe are hang gliders?

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Like any form of sport aviation, hang gliding can be dangerous if pursued carelessly. That said, however, hang gliding can be a very safe sport. In short it is as dangerous as you care to make it. Gliders are certified for airworthiness by the Hang Glider Manufacturers Association (HGMA) so structural failures on recent equipment flown within its placarded limits are a thing of the past. In addition, reserve parachutes are used on all high altitude hang glider flights now and provide a measure of safety in the rare instances of severe glider damage or complete loss of control. Also, hang gliding instruction has been standardized and most students learn from certified instructors using a thorough, gradual training program. So the days of untrained pilots trying unsafe maneuvers at dangerous sites are also largely gone. Despite these advances, people still make judgment errors and aviation is not very forgiving of such. The bottom line is that out of about 200,000 active pilots worldwide

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Like any form of sport aviation, hang gliding can be dangerous if pursued carelessly. That said, however, hang gliding can be a very safe sport. Gliders in the US are now certified for airworthiness by the Hang Glider Manufacturers Assn. (HGMA) so structural failures on recent equipment flown within its placarded limits are a thing of the past. In addition, reserve parachutes are used on all high altitude hang glider flights now and provide a measure of safety in the rare instances of severe glider damage or complete loss of control. Also, hang gliding instruction has been standardized and most students learn from certified instructors using a thorough, gradual training program. So the days of untrained pilots trying unsafe maneuvers at dangerous sites are also largely gone. Despite these advances, people still make judgment errors and aviation is not very forgiving of such. The bottom line is that out of about 10,000 active pilots in the US, 5 to 10 will have a fatal hang gliding acci

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