Captain Smithy
A good lesson to us to beware about what we do say without knowing the facts.
Only the pilot knows really what happened and there is no saying that he has disclosed all those facts.
ie why take to a tree? was he trying to glide to a clearing beyond?
Was the tree density too great to get enough landing distance on the ground below? We dont know but we mock what we percieve.
Strangely his Biggles technique for landing in dense forest is correct and based on water landing apart from the gear.
His 70kts I guessed was his glide speed not his impact speed into the trees
Again I stress that I hope he continues in aviation but does really consider the mistakes which are fact and gets those gaps filled in preferably with an instructor.
Finally from this press report is the last line which should be the approach we all use with the so called press in any situations we get in ourselves and which he should have used earlier.
Vince was not available for comment last night about the claims over his flying skills.
Pace