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Old 2nd Jan 2017, 05:29
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LSA on back

Most of these aircraft seem to be low wing, with an upward, forward opening canopy. I have been asking friends who own/fly them how they would get out if they flipped over on landing & it seems as though very few have even considered the prospect. I asked one guy if he had an axe or similar on board & he thought it was totally unnecessary. "It is so light I could just lift it off me" was his thought. Seems that that is not the case -

Two people freed from flipped small aircraft at Starke Airfield in Townsville - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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