Safety Notices

  1. Safety Notice: Woody Valley GTO light XL

    Safety Notice: Woody Valley GTO light XL

    A Woody Valley GTO light size XL harness was found to have an emergency parachute retaining cable ‘pin’ that was too short. All GTO light XL owners should read this safety notice to find out if it affects them and any action to take. This does not affect the GTO light 2, which has a different design.

  2. Safety Notice: Woody Valley X-Rated7 reserve elastics (2) 30.03.2020

    Safety Notice: Woody Valley X-Rated7 reserve elastics (2) 30.03.2020

    Further to the safety notice issued back in August 2018, Woody Valley issued another similar safety notice about the reserve elastics on the X-Rated7 harness on 30.03.2020. All X-Rated7 owners must read and act on this safety notice before flying. The check and fix are simple and easy.

  3. Safety Notice: Kortel T-Bone link

    Safety Notice: Kortel T-Bone link

    In randomized tests on the strength of T-Bones links, Kortel found a break at between 16 and 18KN. There is no immediate safety risk for solo use of T-Bone link harnesses/risers or even rescue/rescue risers. However, due to their non-compliance with the 24KN announced, Kortel are recalling and exchanging all T-Bone links delivered as a stand-alone product or with the Kruyer III since October 2019.

  4. Safety Notice: Gin Gingo Airlite 4 + Verso 3

    Safety Notice: Gin Gingo Airlite 4 + Verso 3

    This concerns all Ozium 2 harnesses. There is a potential safety issue with the Ozium 2 reserve parachute pod and handle. The handle can become detached from the inner pod during the parachute extraction process. This could lead to a failure of the deployment system.

    Action required: Mandatory replacement of all Ozium 2 reserve deployment pods.

  5. Safety Notice: Supair ACRO 4

    Safety Notice: Supair ACRO 4

    This concerns all Ozium 2 harnesses. There is a potential safety issue with the Ozium 2 reserve parachute pod and handle. The handle can become detached from the inner pod during the parachute extraction process. This could lead to a failure of the deployment system.

    Action required: Mandatory replacement of all Ozium 2 reserve deployment pods.

  6. Safety Notice: Supair SORA 2 42

    Safety Notice: Supair SORA 2 42

    In two seperate incidents, A lines have separated in flight on the Supair SORA 42 tandem glider. While investigations are underway, Supair advises all pilots to stop flying this wing.

  7. Safety Notice: Charly QUICK-OUT karabiners

    Safety Notice: Charly QUICK-OUT karabiners

    Important note for all Quick-Out karabiner users! Please observe the safety message Quick-Out carabiner 4.2019 and check your karabiners accordingly before the next take off. There may be Quick-outs in use which can release when only one of the two release buttons is depressed.

  8. Safety Notice: Supair ACRO BASE

    Safety Notice: Supair ACRO BASE

    This concerns all Ozium 2 harnesses. There is a potential safety issue with the Ozium 2 reserve parachute pod and handle. The handle can become detached from the inner pod during the parachute extraction process. This could lead to a failure of the deployment system.

    Action required: Mandatory replacement of all Ozium 2 reserve deployment pods.

  9. Safety Notice: Advance LIGHTNESS 3

    Safety Notice: Advance LIGHTNESS 3

    This concerns all Ozium 2 harnesses. There is a potential safety issue with the Ozium 2 reserve parachute pod and handle. The handle can become detached from the inner pod during the parachute extraction process. This could lead to a failure of the deployment system.

    Action required: Mandatory replacement of all Ozium 2 reserve deployment pods.

  10. Safety Notice: Ozone OZIUM 2 (red alert)

    Safety Notice: Ozone OZIUM 2 (red alert)

    This concerns all Ozium 2 harnesses. There is a potential safety issue with the Ozium 2 reserve parachute pod and handle. The handle can become detached from the inner pod during the parachute extraction process. This could lead to a failure of the deployment system.

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