Do you wear a Parachute in a Glider ?

[Huggyu2]

here's a Q...

Why do you wear parachutes in gliders but not in airplanes?

Seems kinda odd to me.

Good point, but I do wear one (when at all possible) in an airplane. Cheap insurance.

 

[Crimson03]

There was an incident in the early nineties iirc, wherein a skydiver was flying a C-150(2) with his rig on and bailed after having engine trouble. Anyway the airplane didn't anything important and I don't recall if he was charged but there was talk of 'careless and reckless' operation as supposedly there were suitable fields within reach.
I would guess that the insurance companies and the faa would rather the pilot die trying to stuff an airplane in a crappy field rather then have an unpiloted airplane find its way to a daycare center or something really expensive/full of people etc.

 

[Lead Sled]

Personally, it depends upon the type of soaring that you're doing. If you're wave or thermal soaring then yes, a parachute makes sense. If you're ridge soaring then you're operating pretty close to the terrain and a parachute probably won't do you any good.

'Sled

 

[Steve]

Looks like the Strong 303 is a pretty good choice.