Underwater egress

[Duane MacInnis]

I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
www.dunk-you.com

This was the most interesting thing I have done in a long time. Gives a
whole new perspective to flying over water. Required by my pals at
www.angelflight.ca

Rule #1 -- Wear your life jacket.
http://www.mustangsurvival.com/catalog/SingleProduct.asp?ProductID=65&ColorID=4

I may make a longer post in a few days.

Now I have to make a couple of props for holding the canopy open on the
Cheetah, so it doesn't jam closed on impact.

Duane
++++++++++++++
Duane MacInnis PE
Flight Instructor
Cell (604) 454-7415
www.macinnisaviation.com

Grumman Cheetah C-GVJF

[Cecil E. Chapman]

Look forward to seeing your post on your experience on the course. Gotta
admit, part of me finds the thought of such an exercise as intriguing in
terms of its' usefulness and the other part of me is looking at some of the
equipment and thinking that it looks a lot like something we might have
designed as kids <grin>. I'll be eagerly awaiting your post!
--
--
Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

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"Duane MacInnis" > wrote in message
news:G5pyb.218816$jy.24030@clgrps13...
> I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
> www.dunk-you.com

[Dale]

In article <G5pyb.218816$jy.24030@clgrps13>,
"Duane MacInnis" > wrote:

> I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
> www.dunk-you.com
>
> This was the most interesting thing I have done in a long time. Gives a
> whole new perspective to flying over water. Required by my pals at
> www.angelflight.ca

The wife and I did a similar course a few years ago. Certainly an
eye-opener. The blindfolded egress and swim thru the obstacle course
seperated the survivors from the victims.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

[Ditch]

> The blindfolded egress and swim thru the obstacle course
>seperated the survivors from the victims.

Yikes...sounds fun. Which one are you? :)


-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*

[Dale]

In article >,
(Ditch) wrote:

> > The blindfolded egress and swim thru the obstacle course
> >seperated the survivors from the victims.
>
> Yikes...sounds fun. Which one are you? :)

I was a survivor...wife was a victim. <G>

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

[Rick Durden]

Duane,

You may not have time to prop the canopy open in the Grumman (there
are way too many situations in which you won't have time to deal with
the canopy before you wind up upside down on land or in the water), so
make sure you have one of those hammers such as the ones that are
standard in the Cirrus and Lancair for breaking out the canopy windows
should you invert the thing.

Having gone through the immersion course, have you checked out the
website www.equipped.org for discussions of ditching?

All the best,
Rick

"Duane MacInnis" > wrote in message news:<G5pyb.218816$jy.24030@clgrps13>...
> I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
> www.dunk-you.com
>
> This was the most interesting thing I have done in a long time. Gives a
> whole new perspective to flying over water. Required by my pals at
> www.angelflight.ca
>
> Rule #1 -- Wear your life jacket.
> http://www.mustangsurvival.com/catalog/SingleProduct.asp?ProductID=65&ColorID=4
>
> I may make a longer post in a few days.
>
> Now I have to make a couple of props for holding the canopy open on the
> Cheetah, so it doesn't jam closed on impact.
>
> Duane
> ++++++++++++++
> Duane MacInnis PE
> Flight Instructor
> Cell (604) 454-7415
> www.macinnisaviation.com
>
> Grumman Cheetah C-GVJF

[Duane MacInnis]

Don't have the hammer yet. Where can I get one? Does it have a beak like a
chicken trying to get out of the egg?


"Rick Durden" > wrote in message
m...
> Duane,
>
> You may not have time to prop the canopy open in the Grumman (there
> are way too many situations in which you won't have time to deal with
> the canopy before you wind up upside down on land or in the water), so
> make sure you have one of those hammers such as the ones that are
> standard in the Cirrus and Lancair for breaking out the canopy windows
> should you invert the thing.
>
> Having gone through the immersion course, have you checked out the
> website www.equipped.org for discussions of ditching?
>
> All the best,
> Rick
>
> "Duane MacInnis" > wrote in message
news:<G5pyb.218816$jy.24030@clgrps13>...
> > I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
> > www.dunk-you.com
> >
> > This was the most interesting thing I have done in a long time. Gives a
> > whole new perspective to flying over water. Required by my pals at
> > www.angelflight.ca
> >
> > Rule #1 -- Wear your life jacket.
> >
http://www.mustangsurvival.com/catalog/SingleProduct.asp?ProductID=65&ColorID=4
> >
> > I may make a longer post in a few days.
> >
> > Now I have to make a couple of props for holding the canopy open on the
> > Cheetah, so it doesn't jam closed on impact.
> >
> > Duane
> > ++++++++++++++
> > Duane MacInnis PE
> > Flight Instructor
> > Cell (604) 454-7415
> > www.macinnisaviation.com
> >
> > Grumman Cheetah C-GVJF

[Koopas Ly]

> I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
> www.dunk-you.com
>
> This was the most interesting thing I have done in a long time. Gives a
> whole new perspective to flying over water. Required by my pals at
> www.angelflight.ca

Do they teach you about water survival too?

Should be required for all pilots in Hawaii. You can't fly a xcountry
that's > 50 nm here without crossing large bodies of [sometimes
shark-infested] water.

Alex, PE in training.

[Paul Sengupta]

My plane came with one of those hammers. Would you really be
able to break a canopy with one? I have my doubts.

Paul
Scottish Aviation Bulldog

"Rick Durden" > wrote in message
m...
> so
> make sure you have one of those hammers such as the ones that are
> standard in the Cirrus and Lancair for breaking out the canopy windows
> should you invert the thing.

[JerryK]

We do the same type of training every year in USCG Aux. A lot of fun and
could save your bacon one day.


"Duane MacInnis" > wrote in message
news:G5pyb.218816$jy.24030@clgrps13...
> I just did the "Dunk-U" course yesterday.
> www.dunk-you.com
>
> This was the most interesting thing I have done in a long time. Gives a
> whole new perspective to flying over water. Required by my pals at
> www.angelflight.ca
>
> Rule #1 -- Wear your life jacket.
>
http://www.mustangsurvival.com/catalog/SingleProduct.asp?ProductID=65&ColorID=4
>
> I may make a longer post in a few days.
>
> Now I have to make a couple of props for holding the canopy open on the
> Cheetah, so it doesn't jam closed on impact.
>
> Duane
> ++++++++++++++
> Duane MacInnis PE
> Flight Instructor
> Cell (604) 454-7415
> www.macinnisaviation.com
>
> Grumman Cheetah C-GVJF
>
>