Originally Posted by
Jay Sata
Very sad.
My son is a UK military officer and I would never want him to fly in a Slingsby.
They have taken too many lives.
The military spec M200 and M260 aircraft have an excellent safety record.
Virtually all of the fatalities - and yes, there have been a significant number - have been in the smaller engined civilian models.
I don't think that the aeroplane is a death trap, but nor do I understand why civilian clubs routinely aerobat T67s without parachutes. Mind you, I would rather not aerobat anything without a parachute or equivalent safety device, regardless of what it was.
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