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Old 26th Jan 2015, 21:11
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Ok it worked out but I agree for a long time the aircraft was very nose down descending nose down at a high rate
Unusually long time in nose down position, almost 20 seconds compared to normally I believe around 7 or 8 seconds, this is a G5 Model with a higher gross weight and bigger chute than previous Cirrus and may have been over gross weight with additional ferry tanks (but I do not know that and assume had burnt a lot of that fuel) or C&G may have been out.

My personal ditching strategy will be the chute but I know a lot of traditional ditching's are very survivable.
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