Originally Posted by
sycamore
Think the climb might have been last lot of flaps down,and just avoiding the swimmer...
However,it was a good ditching,but..
Open the canopies before touchdown..
Wear a lifejacket operating over the sea...
Wear a `hard-hat`,as the canopy rail runs right across the top....
and if you don`t and it had turned over....would`ve been possibly a different outcome....but ,hey ..ya gotta look good climbing out....shame he`s not wearing Randolphs...
Oh ,yes ,I do have TBM display time,and over the `oggin....and Randolphs...
The pilot that lost his life when he ditched that P-47D in the Hudson river after engine failure a few years ago, likely lost his life because he failed to jettison the canopy prior to hitting the water, as per SOP and was trapped inside as the aircraft then sank.