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PF B. ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 10:42:54 AM PST US Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Re: Bahamas to allow pilots to fly LSA's as sport pilots From: Bryan Martin Actually, the survival rate for ditching a small aircraft is closer to 90%, it's what happens after the ditching that kills most of the rest. Most people get out of the airplane alive after ditching only to drown or die from exposure soon afterwards for lack of proper survival gear. http://www.equipped.org/ditchingmyths.htm On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Klaus Truemper wrote: > Hi, > > Before you consider a flight to the Bahamas, you may want to consider > that the probability of surviving an emergency landing on water in single > engine aircraft like our birds is about 50%, unless the pilot has had > special training. That figure comes from an AOPA article written > by an expert for such landings. > > Given this statistic, I avoid flight over open water outside gliding > distances of shore at all cost. > -- Bryan Martin N61BM, CH 601 XL, RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive. do not archive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.