Late in the game here
Forgive me if this has not come up before but the threads are allmost in the thouands.
I had allways thought the ideal water ditch to be high AOA allowing the aircraft to slow gradually. The hudson river experience gave me a visual of a low AOA thus allowing the wings (especially engines) to provide the most stable encounter with terra agua. (most past have been a nasty snap and roll)
Being the first water sucessfull ditching soo well doccumented by video... Question?? Have any of of you pilots here been taught to water ditch at a low AOA or has this sucessfull procedure created a new standard for water ditching?