09.01.2026, News, Neuseeland

GNZ Safety Bulletins - September 2025

"The glider had been landed out and derigged for a trailer retrieve. It had been re-rigged and the duplicate control checks signed off, but not taped up or flown. A few days later the prospective pilot noted that, "As it was yet to be taped and I was first to fly this glider, I double checked the rigging. I found the left aileron's 'quick lock' was incorrectly attached in a half-closed position. It passed a positive control check, but the latch was not fulling covering the pin and could have come undone in-flight." See annotated photograph below. ..." [September 2025]

Quelle: Christian (DD)