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Ditching Testimonies

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Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:07 pm

Ditching Testimonies

If short of time go to,

Minute 5, Bonanza just after T/O, large river...

Min. 14, C-182 in the Pacific Ocean on a leg to Hawai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I83htg8Cm_I
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Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:33 pm

Re: Ditching Testimonies

Great video!
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Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:20 am

Re: Ditching Testimonies

One of the better articles that I have read on this subject is from Ernie R. Martin, the web administrator of SOPA, the Skymaster / Cessna 337 owners website, who ditched N924LA between the Bahamas and Florida.

It's the fourth item down in the "2021 Index" on the top left corner...
http://www.erniemartin.com/

(The cause was not physically checking fuel level before takeoff-- the aircraft was parked at a public facility where fuel was stolen overnight.)

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/167826

contains very few details and links a to newspaper story

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Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:55 am

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What an incredible story. Actually two good stories but the second one is amazing, the good decisions that the second pilot made were just amazing. I don't know if she had military training or is just a badass, but its inspiring.
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