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Old December 24th 17, 11:58 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Death of the 13.5m class?

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 19:00:49 -0800, Andy Blackburn wrote:

I promise you - landing out will never be banned.

It is or was banned in Japan.

Some years back an e-mail friend, an American resident there, told me
about a police helicopter operating in Gunma Prefecture, which is in the
middle of Honshu, the main Japanese island and quite a hilly region. It
was caught out by low cloud and thickening mist, so made a precautionary
landing on a river bank while they waited for the vis to improve. Its
crew were arrested for the illegal land-out.


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