There are two different events here.

1) He made a common miscalculation over glassy water.  If you are not a seaplane pilot and have not had this training, this could be impossible to appreciate.

2) After the aircraft sank, he ensured the survival of all aboard through some seriously brave and smart actions.

It would be very easy for all aboard to be dead--after surviving the "landing" unharmed--from drowning and hypthermia.

Walter


On Mar 1, 2007, at 1:41 PM, H & J Johnson wrote:





>
> Interesting info about your friend, BUT I find the above
> information  about
> spinal injury lacking any sound basis in research or analysis.
> Either  your
> friend and his buddies defied the laws of physics (according to
> you) or  the
> information is incorrect about water ditchings.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff Edwards
>

>
>
>
> I think they did a great job and should be applauded for
> surviving such a
> bad situation.    Ron

Kinda like the guy who shoot's himself and survives, and then people tell him he did a good job? I don't I understand where your coming from Ron.  They were doing Low Level Flying which ended in CFIT [controled flight into terrain, or a lake in this case] How can you congratulate them for a job well done? If they had been flying at a normal altitude they most likely would still have a usable airplane and not have their experiance plastered all over the net for others to shake their heads at.

Help me understand...

Jarrett Johnson

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