On 30 Oct 2003 14:01:22 +,
Matthew Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Given the difficulty of getting in and out of a 152 on the ground it's
probably impossible at our circuit height of 800ft to survive a
bailout.
A larger aircraft at 1000ft and reasonable
Matthew Law writes:
I agree :-) In a C152 with one aboard it certainly gets a little bumpy
around the circuit even nauseous sometimes. The worst turbulence I've
been in so far was just beneath a bank of fluffy cumulus clouds. I
thought the airframe was going to fail and for the
Frederic Bouvier writes:
I am trying to avoid to fly on the afternoon in summer. It even happened
that my head hit the top of the canopy. I wouldn't imagine what could
happen if I'd forgot to fasten my seat belt.
Been there -- I bruised my head on the roof of my Warrior during a
practice
Given the difficulty of getting in and out of a 152 on the ground it's
probably impossible at our circuit height of 800ft to survive a bailout.
A larger aircraft at 1000ft and reasonable speed, say 100kts, would be
quite survivable. The key is the airspeed. You'd get a far faster
deployment at
Congratulations, Lee! Will you be carrying on and getting a glider license?
Turbulence sucks: when I'm flying, I usually try to climb out above
it. Turbulence often means thermals and updrafts, though, so I
imagine that soaring types actually go looking for it. The gusts
disappear usually a few
