On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:45:47 -0000, Dylan Smith
wrote:

On 2006-12-20, Greg Farris wrote:
Actually, in a small plane, you would -usually- rather hit the ground.
Water landings tend to be unhappy events in light aircraft, especially
fixed gear singles. Some are unhappier than others though - man!

They are unhappy events as in you don't get to use the plane afterwards
- but water landings are surprisingly survivable. Fixed gear or
retractible gear doesn't seem to make a lot of difference in ditchings.

http://www.equipped.com/ditchingmyths.htm

Maybe so and maybe not. You are playing the odds. I lost a good
friend just a couple weeks ago when he apparently dug a float in while
landing.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com