Swing Connect Race Lite, Owner'S Manual

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6 Section 02 Safety
02 Safety
WARNING
The safety advice given below must
be followed in all circumstances.
Failure to do so renders invalid the
certification and/or results in loss of
insurance cover, and could lead to
serious injuries or even death.
Safety advice
All forms of aerial sport involve certain
risks. When compared with other types
of aerial sport, paragliding has the
lowest number of fatal accidents
measured according to the number of
licensed pilots.
However, few other sports demand
such a high level of individual
responsibility as paragliding. Prudence
and risk-awareness are basic
requirements for the safe practice of
the sport, for the very reason that it is
so easy to learn and practically anyone
can do so. Carelessness and
overestimating one’s own abilities can
quickly lead to critical situations. A
reliable assessment of conditions for
flying is particularly important.
Paragliders are not designed to be
flown in turbulent weather. Most
serious paraglider accidents are
caused by pilots misjudging the
weather conditions for flying.
Please bear in mind that any aerial
sport is potentially dangerous and that
ultimately you are responsible for your
own safety.
We therefore strongly encourage you
to fly in a conservative manner. This
applies both to the choice of
conditions in which you fly and also to
the safety margin which you allow
when carrying out the various flying
manoeuvres.
We recommend that you only fly using
paragliding equipment, harness,
reserve parachute and helmet that
have been tested and certified.
The CONNECT RACE LITE complies
with the airworthiness requirements
for hang gliders and paragliders at the
time of delivery.
The CONNECT RACE LITE leads the
way in development standards for
paraglider harnesses. It will remain
airworthy for many years if you look
after it properly.
This Manual must be passed on to any
new owner of the harness. It forms part
of the certification and belongs with
the harness.
Observe the other specific safety
advice in the various sections of this
Manual.
Safety notices
Safety notices are issued when defects
arise during use of equipment which
could possibly also affect other
examples of the same model.
The notices contain instructions on
how to inspect the equipment
concerned for possible faults
and the steps required to
rectify any faults.
SWING publishes on its
website any technical safety
notices and airworthiness instructions
which are issued in respect of SWING
products.
Services such as RSS are also available
which allow internet users to follow
various websites and any changes
made to them without having to
access them individually. This allows
much more information to be followed