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Old 18th Aug 2014, 21:28
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Pilot DAR
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I have never flown a parachute equipped aircraft, but I've flown lots of faster types (Cardinals, 206's, Piper Arrows, Bellanca Vikings and some Mooney) in which I'd be thinking pretty carefully about the choice of field. But that would be for the risk of damage during a forced landing, rather than my perception of the certainty of it after an airframe 'chute was deployed. I will always try to make the best of what I have to work with, and get it to the ground so it is reusable. in 7000+ hours, and a number of in flight emergencies, I have never for a moment thought to abandon an aircraft in flight, I don't know why I would start thinking that way now, even if new technology enabled it.

Old dog, I guess.....
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