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Old 15th Mar 2002, 14:10
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Whirlybird

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Post Where can I get an immersion suit?

After reading about the miniscule amount of time you'd survive after a ditching in UK coastal waters, and with plans to fly to the Highlands and Islands in the summer, I've decided to get an immersion suit. A liferaft in a C152 would mean we'd have to cut down too drastically on fuel (so says my co-pilot; I haven't worked it out). Plus actually getting a liferaft out of a high wing aircraft, which will probably sink up to the wings, could be horrendous. And you couldn't get one into a R22, and yes, I do fly whirly things over water occasionally. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> . .. .So, a life jacket and immersion suit, to hopefully keep you alive and floating till the emergency services get to you, seems a reasonable compromise. But where can get one? The flying catalogues don't seem to have any. Does anyone know, and the approximate cost?
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