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Old 23rd Jan 2008, 22:25
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Pugilistic Animus
 
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Survival in any plane crash in most terrain depends not only on speed attitude, wing loading, fuel state, prepartaion time Met conditions etc---- but also on a willingness to use expendable structures wings /engines/ gear/ to expend the energy and decelerate rapidly and aggressive use of any means of directional control available---also DON'T STALL, and never try to achieve to too low a touch down speed because sink can become intolerable---also selection of surfaces is important -----like a large grove of trees in mountainous terrain---- or a body of water---the BA crash is an excellent example of energy mangement and control in an extreme situation Kudos to the PF and CREW


Following up a bit on ChristiaanJs sentiments ---luck be a lady
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