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Hi Jim and Coupers,
I can tell you from experience, that these packages go not contain
ashes only. Sorry in advance about the morbid part. The cremation
does not turn all the bone to ash and feeding it thru a tube will
occasionally fail because bone fragments, some big, are in the remains
and get stuck in the tube, unless some precaution is taken. I've
talked to several people who have spread remains, almost all of them
have had to wash out their plane afterward. It is a difficult job
because it is everywhere and the ash is not totally dry, it is
slightly oily.
Personally, if I had to do it again, I would either move the ashes into
a folded paper box, light weight, no glue or fasteners, secure it with
string, attach a lanyard to the string (20 feet long). Toss the
package out holding the lanyard. When she comes to the end of her rope
(<g>sorry), the package should blossom behind and below the plane.
Jettison the lanyard.
Just another point. The EPA considers remains a toxic waste. You
can't just spread it wherever you like. It's only ash after all. If
you do it, don't make a media event out of it, just in case the wrong
people are watching.
jsilberman
On Nov 18, 2005, at 8:39 AM, James B. Brennan wrote:
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Hello H-Tails,
I noted the letter relating to dispersing "cremains" (that's how our
package with 1/2 of one of my mothers in law in it is labeled - she
has been lingering in my darkroom for far too long). I wanted to ask
about technique. I've read and heard the horror story of using a
Cessna and finding the dear departed blown into the aircraft. I
dreamed up a procedure whereby I'd make up a heavier-than-water
container, biodegradable, of course, for her and fly her out over the
ocean (my 'Coupe "resides" 3 miles from the ocean), have my wife put
the box on the wing walk, or perhaps just beyond, and then maneuver to
slide her off and drop her into the sea (her wish). Any thoughts,
suggestions, anything??
Thanks,
J. Beach
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