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Roger Long om wrote:
Still, it demonstrates that flying a conventional plane in distress all the
way to the ground provides lots of options for impact reduction. If I'd gone
into treetops in the dark like that, I think I would have had a good chance
of walking home.

There are lots and lots of NTSB reports that contradict that. Stalling
and dropping into the trees vs maintaining flying speed into the canopy
seems to have a much higher fatality rate.

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Ben Jackson

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