flying-nut(at)cfl.rr.com
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 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:12 pm Post subject: hitting the silk |
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Thanks for that encounter. I wear a 'chute when I do akro in my Pitts.
I've never pulled a ripcord before, although I've had some training. If
I can't control my airplane ..... and I will try real hard ..... then
I'll experience that first rip-cord pull. But not before. Of course,
the amount of time I spend checking out the controlability depends on
the altitude available.
What prompted my question was that I see no problem in getting out of my
friends RV-8 (or any other RV ...... provided the G-forces allowed me to
.... and provided I had that 'chute!!!!
Linn
On 2/2/2013 1:37 PM, Bill Watson wrote:
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Why might someone feel that way? An anecdote....
Sailplane racing back in the 80s, I was up with 50 other pilots
positioning for a start. We all wear chutes due to the risk of
mid-air collisions between the tightly packed sailplanes. Then it
happened, two pilots reported "Mid-Air" over the radio.
Both aircraft apparently remained flying as the pilots assessed their
situations and reported on the radio. The other 48 of us were
generally within a few miles of the mid-air. I know that yours truely
never saw the gliders nor what happened next, even though I was within
a mile or so of the incident.
Pilot 1 said he was bailing out because he felt the ship might become
unflyable due to damage. He stated his position, checked for traffic
and bailed. I, along with 48 others scanned the sky above for falling
debris and bodies but like so many didn't see a thing.
Pilot 2 said he had significant damage to his wing along with other
possible damage. Another pilot flew around him and reported what he
saw. Pilot 2 decided to try and land it which he did some minutes
later at the airport.
After it was reported that both pilots were on the ground and
unharmed, we went and raced for a couple of hours. After I got back
and handed in my race card & pics, like everyone else I went to look
at both ships and was a bit surprised at what I saw.
Pilot 1's ship appeared to be quite flyable. Most of us onlookers
agreed that, seeing the damage we saw and hearing what the pilot
experienced, we would have stayed with the plane. Interestingly, Pilot
1 reported that after bailing out of his ship, he watched the unmanned
glider do some sort of falling leaf thing down to the ground and that
it 'landed' in the same field he landed on. Even after considering
the slight damage incurred on 'crashing', the sailplane appeared to be
flyable.
Pilot 2's ship was more heavily damaged including control system
damage. Most of us agreed that we would have jumped given what we saw
after the landing.
Pilot 2 had never jumped before. Pilot 1 was a sport jumper and had
over 100 jumps logged.
I guess they both did what they felt most comfortable with doing given
their past experience.
On 2/1/2013 8:04 PM, Linn wrote:
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> Pretty strong position! Why do they feel that way? How many
> airplanes have they jumped from???
> Linn
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> On 2/1/2013 7:43 PM, Robin Marks wrote:
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>> I have had two very talented pilots I respect in aviation suggest to
>> me that bailing out of my RV-8 with a chute is likely more dangerous
>> that doing all you can to right her and fly her all the way down.
>>
>> Robin
>> Do Not Archive
>
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