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2nd Nov 2007, 20:02

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Kit d'Rection KG

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Going back to the original thread...

1600 fpm vertically will hurt - a lot - but won't kill you.

40 kts horizontally into the wrong sort of impact will kill you for certain.

The Rallye pilot on page 1 should think about this carefully.

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