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Hi, Paul, Thanks for the report. I'm sure that most of us would like to know what the Coupe did upon impact with the water ! Did it flip over, as your attached photo suggested, or did the current do that as it sank ? Any pilot statements that you can get would be most useful to all of us ,e.g., what were his conditions upon impact; wind velocity and direction, nose attitude, airspeed, descent rate, etc. ?
Don Bowen
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Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Ercoupe water ditching happened this Friday!
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 08:17:40 -0700
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> We were discussing how well our 'coupes could deal with a water landing...
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> Well, it happened Friday afternoon.
>This happened just a short distance from where I live. A local TV station covered it almost live. They were overhead quickly enough to televise the chap being towed by the kayak and being greeted by his wife when they reached shore.There is a private airpark not shown on the charts very close by. What seemed important to me is the fact that the plane appeared to be upside down resting on the bottom.I wonder if I know the plane and the pilot.Cheers:PaulN1431A
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