Ditching Gear Down

"Mike Keown" wrote in message
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Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c
with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and
search and rescue are aware of your situation
and location. How do you put 'her' down?
Mike


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Mike - are you declaring an emergency at this time ? ;-)







Cheers

Dave Kearton

Dave Kearton wrote:
"Mike Keown" wrote in message
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Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c
with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and
search and rescue are aware of your situation
and location. How do you put 'her' down?
Mike

Verrry carefully. (^-^))) Since the sea is calm, there likely wouldn't be any
wind to speak of, so looking for swells and troughs wouldn't be a problem. Just
maintain airspeed high enough to maintain control and try to three point her in.

George Z.
(former ARS pilot)

"Dave Kearton"
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"Mike Keown" wrote in message
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Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c
with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and
search and rescue are aware of your situation
and location. How do you put 'her' down?
Mike


Along the smooth side of the swell (if any), as slow as possible
while maintaining just enough speed to assure that you don't
stall...repeat after me..."Our father who art...."
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-Gord.

How do you put 'her' down?

Get out of your parachute. Get canopy open and/or door unlatched. Tighten
belts. If sitting on life preserver, cushion or whateve, try to remember how
to get the miserable thing out and useful. Keep screaming on the radio.
Promise yourself that if you survive, you'll never forget to put the goddam
filler cap back on properly, and at first opportunity, reconsider future form
of employment, if any.

Quent

I forgot. When (not if) you snap inverted up[on hitting the waater, try to
remember that safety is DOWN. Swim that way. Yes yes I know it goes against
the grain, but clawing holes in the cabin's carpet trying to get UP is
generally a waste of time and fingernails. And of course, if you get around to
it, apologize to your passengers with sincerity and feeling.

Quent

And I forget again. You may have trouble deciding, amid the confusion, which
way actually is "down." Sort of a true/false question with significant
consequences. Look around you. Fishes generally swim upright. Take a clue
from them. Even 20 foot long sharks rarely roll inverted before nibbling at
their dinner.

Quent

If you've got a parachute, what are you ditching for, anyway? Jumping out
is a lit less risky than ditching a fixed-gear airplane which will almost
surely flip over once it touches down...


"QDurham" wrote in message
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How do you put 'her' down?

Get out of your parachute. Get canopy open and/or door unlatched. Tighten
belts. If sitting on life preserver, cushion or whateve, try to remember
how
to get the miserable thing out and useful. Keep screaming on the radio.
Promise yourself that if you survive, you'll never forget to put the
goddam
filler cap back on properly, and at first opportunity, reconsider future
form
of employment, if any.

Quent

"QDurham" wrote in message
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How do you put 'her' down?

Get out of your parachute. Get canopy open and/or door unlatched. Tighten
belts. If sitting on life preserver, cushion or whateve, try to remember
how
to get the miserable thing out and useful. Keep screaming on the radio.
Promise yourself that if you survive, you'll never forget to put the
goddam
filler cap back on properly, and at first opportunity, reconsider future
form
of employment, if any.

Quent

It seems to have happened to 3 ex FAA aircrew yesterday
when they had to ditch their Cessna 172 after its engine
failed over the Western Channel

All 3 were picked up by a fishing boat and one reported having
to make an underwater escape from the sinking aircraft

Given that the youngest of them was 79 they did rather well

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3163840.stm

Keith

Subject: Ditching Gear Down
From: "George Z. Bush" am
Date: 10/4/03 8:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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Dave Kearton wrote:
"Mike Keown" wrote in message
...
Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c
with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and
search and rescue are aware of your situation
and location. How do you put 'her' down?
Mike

Verrry carefully. (^-^))) Since the sea is calm, there likely wouldn't be
any
wind to speak of, so looking for swells and troughs wouldn't be a problem.
Just
maintain airspeed high enough to maintain control and try to three point her
in.

George Z.
(former ARS pilot)



If you have a Mae West bail out then there is no chance of your getting trapped
in a sinking plane. Remember to whack the quick chute release when hitting the
water then pull the air bottle releases to inflate the Mae West keeping
your eye out for Air-Sea rescue all the while. If you have no Mae West get you
boots off and dump your .45 so they don't pull you down.. Send me a postcard if
you make it. I'll be in the officers club wondering how you made out.

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

And we thought WWII was over! Someone please tell this chap.

Don't fly over water is the best solution.


"ArtKramr" wrote in message

If you have a Mae West bail out If you have no Mae West get you
boots off and dump your .45 I'll be in the officers club