On 12/15/2005 04:55, John Doe wrote:


Montblack

Looking at the level of cockpit damage there really is no way the
parachute was deployed at a decent altitude, could have been after the
fact. That thing could of ran into a brickwall with the chute fully
deployed and come out looking better than that thing. Terrible deal.

What's the min alt for the parachute system?

I'd best most pilots would get into the "I can save it" mentality until
they're too low to deploy the parachute, then, when they finally realize
that they can't recover or safely land the plane they pull the handle only
to get a partial deployment before impact.

Military has the same problems with ejections.


So ... premature ejections is not much of a problem in the military?

(I'm thinking more of the joke made in Airplane 2, so get your minds
out of the gutter ;-) )


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Sacramento, CA