REFLECTOR: Accident Titusville, exiting a burning, upside-down Velocity

[Scott Derrick]

Sid I think your fears are over amped. But you could put a removable 
window in the back, like in a bus?

Scott

Sid Knox wrote:
> From: "Scott Baker" <sbakr at comcast.net>
> 
>> Uli and his passenger survived the crash - how, I don't know by looking at
>> the photos of the aircraft engulfted in flames.  As of last evening, both
>> Uli and his passenger were in an ICU burn center in Orlando.  Scott Swing
>> learned that Uli was no burned badly, but that the passenger has burns
>> covering 80% - not good.
> 
> I have a dial-up connection so my ability to view downloaded images is 
> limited, but it looked like the Velocity wreckage was inverted (?).
> This addresses my number one fear... and that is how to get out of our 
> planes with their top-opening doors with the weight of the upside-down plane 
> holding them closed.  Ok, some of us carry hammers (or hatchet) to try to 
> smash out enough canopy to provide an exit hole and while (maybe) better 
> than nothing, this seems almost like wishful thinking.  Further, in the 
> chaos and confusion (and perhaps severe physical trauma) of the final 
> few-hundred milli-seconds as the plane comes to rest, will we even be able 
> to find or use the hammer?  Add flames and smoke and it becomes a horrific 
> nightmare.
> 
> I don't have an answer.  Every time I load my son and we head off somewhere 
> whether it be just a local flight or a cross-country, I hear this voice way 
> back in my head that says "why are you risking him like this... what if 
> something really bad happens..?"
> But, off we go and have a great flight in a great airplane and obviously 
> nothing bad has happened nor (statistically) will it ever if I can refrain 
> from doing something stupid but it does give me pause for thought.
> 
> Sid Knox
> Oklahoma
> 
> Velocity  173 RG  N199RS
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