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From: c-hunt@tesla.UUCP (Charles Hunt)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: How to land in trees
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Date: Sun, 18-Nov-84 20:59:49 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 18 20:59:49 1984
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I learned to fly in the Rockies, where this can be a realistic concern.  I
was taught that if no other alternative was available (a road, field, or even
a pond to ditch on), the best thing to do was attempt to find a "lane" in a
grove of pines which you could enter by a stall.  The crucial trick is to enter
this lane at a point between two trees which would excise the wings in one fell
swoop, without whipping the remains all over, and hopefully, having slowed the
fuselage suitably, allow YOU to slither to a safe ker-plop landing in the lane.
I actually know of ONE successful application of this technique; no statistics
available on less than perfect applications.  My CFI also strongly suggested
that if it is determined that this is the best available course of action, it
is advisable, if this has not already been done, to make peace with the Creator
with great haste, thereby leaving yourself the maximum amount of time for
maneuvering to optimum position before attempting this touchy procedure.

Hope to see you, here, there, or in the air....    Charles Hunt
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