Victor, in short, no. Thank goodness nobody ever had to though a couple of crews got close to it in Corporate but I suspect the aircraft would have pitched in very quickly. The combination of a high wing and the underwings on the Mk2 would tend to tip the nose in I guess. A simular visual bomb aimers window in the nose of the Valiant collapsed on nosewheel failure so water ingestion into the cockpit could be rapid. All theory but I am not aware that any model tests were carried out. We carried a multi seat dingy though behind the cockpit released from inside.
Last edited by Art Field; 8th Apr 2005 at 16:22.