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From Vince #524
This is worrying, instructors that want to know the technique on how to hit a tree rather than choose an open field. Will this become part of the NPPL/PPL?
Yes, I will not try to use the "unusable fuel" in my tanks.
ps Golf Bravo Zulu, its the Schadenfreude Appreciation Society annual meeting, where are you?
In the meantime I have had some very good correspondence (mainly started through the publicity from PPRuNe) with some serious pilots and instructors curious about the pancake technique
AAIB bulletin interesting and a help to safe flying
ps Golf Bravo Zulu, its the Schadenfreude Appreciation Society annual meeting, where are you?
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instructors that want to know the technique on how to hit a tree rather than choose an open field
Its a bit like saying 'I'm not going to learn the ditching technique as I'm never going to fly over water'. One day, you might just need it.
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While I take your point Kolibear, "Biggles" chose to hit a tree rather than land in an open field. He infers that instructors now want to know how to hit a tree safely. Landing in a forest is another thing, but I have not seen a CAA safety leaflet explaining the best technique, but I have seen one regarding ditching.
Along with this "Biggles" also said
, does not bode well with choosing this technique when he obviously had an alternative.
Along with this "Biggles" also said
Most died instantly but a few survived
