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Topic: Safety
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Welcome to summer! and thermal turbulence
From the Accident Review Committee
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USHPA Preflight Safety
USHPA has produced two apps for Preflight Safety - for Hang Gliding and Paragliding. Now available for iPad or as interactive PDFs.
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Mid air incidents: a recent trend
From the Accident Review Committee
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Reporting an incident
Have you been involved in - or witnessed - an accident or incident? Please let USHPA know.
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A friendly reminder regarding Spring flying
From the Accident Review Committee
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Spring Training
As the spring flying season approaches, your Accident Review Committee wants to make sure each of our pilots has our latest lessons learned and the suggested risk mitigation training ideas.
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2019 Hang Gliding Accident Summary
2019 hang gliding accident summary
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3x3 Risk Reduction Tool
A tool for analyzing risk at every stage (at home, at the flying site, and in flight), with the goal of helping pilots make better decisions.
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Big Ears in Paragliding
An analysis from USHPA's Accident Review Committee.
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Anatomy of a Rescue
A tool for analyzing risk at every stage (at home, at the flying site, and in flight), with the goal of helping pilots make better decisions.
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Cooperative to the Core: A Yearling's Guide to Thermal Traffic
Tips for maximizing lift and thermaling successfully with other pilots
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Water You Going to do Now?
From the Accident Review Committee. The focus of this edition: flying near water.
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