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Ditching


Lessons Learned: True Life Ditching Experiences

Ditching Myths Torpedoed!
Paul Bertorelli with the real truth and numbers - from Aviation Safety.

A Ditching Article Gone Awry
Commentary and correction of errors in Tom Horne's AOPA Pilot ditching article, July 1999 issue.

Water Wings
Some at AOPA Pilot do their homework. AOPA Pilot's Barry Schiff reviews ditching procedures and techniques - from "Proficient Pilot - Vol. 2"

Ditching Egress Training
Barry Schiff takes ditching lessons: join Barry as he visits Aircraft Egress Systems in Canada and learns the right way to egress a ditched aircraft. No muss, no fuss.

Surviving a Splashdown
Everything you need to know to ditch safely and survive, the latest in ditching procedures and techniques

Surviving a Splashdown
Three Phases
Preparations
Carry Life Vests
Final Preparations
A Pair Of Life Savers
Sizing Up the Swells
Secondary Swells
Splash!
Get Out Fast!
Deliberate Offset
Safely Out

Ditchings - A Case History and Review of the Record
by Richard L. Newman

Introduction
History of the Flight
Subjective Description of the Ditching
Historical Ditching Review
Ditching Statistics
Other Ditching Studies

Review of Pilot Handbooks
Ditching Techniques
General Ditching Techniques
Survival Aspects
Survival Equipment
Recommended Survival Equipment
Egress from U-206 Aircraft
Air Traffic Control
Videomaps of Shoreline
Communications with ATC
Lessons Learned
Conclusions
Recommendations
References

Ditching Bibliography
by Richard L. Newman

Aviation Life Vests
Evaluations of life vests for use in aircraft.

Aviation Life Rafts
Evaluations of aviation life rafts.

Lessons Learned: True Life Survival Experiences

A Long Wet Night

On The Water Sooner Than Expected

Successful Ditching Off Hilo, Hawaii

The Water Can Be Cold In Florida

Gone Swimming Yet?

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