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Old 23rd Oct 2018, 11:26
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dook
 
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According to the ballistics boffins at Boscombe, my parachute opened at 190ft agl and the seat was never travelling upwards with respect to the ground after ejection.

The aeroplane was travelling backwards with hardly any forward speed when it impacted and I landed about fifty yards from the fireball.

I remember landing like a sack of potatoes and never even had time to release the PSP.
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