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7 Hour Glider Flight from Bavaria to Côte d'Azur
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Very cool to see such low carbon aviation. How dangerous are these to fly? And do they make any that can carry a few passengers?
According to this infographic, moderately dangerous, but no more than general (hobby) aviation
Thanks. So do you mean the somewhat dangerous category?
I have heard of two seaters but it would be nice to be able to bring a couple friends on a little trip like this. Maybe someday when the tech advances a bit more.
I guess rail will remain the main option for this, but sadly I live in the backwards USA where our rail network is quite limited and there are only a handful of realistic destinations.
Gliders are listed under "dangerous" in that infographic, 1 death in 50,000 hours, which is 200x more dangerous than commercial aviation.
Gliders are mostly used as a sport and it is reasonably safe, if you know what you are doing. In WW2 gliders were used to land troops via air, but I do not know of any modern gliders used as transport.