In article ,
EDR wrote:

Another question that no one seems to be asking is, what prevented the
pilot and student from employing their parachutes as would be
expected?

When a wing comes off, the resulting centrifigal forces become to great
for a person to claw their way out.

Then how the heck did those guys claw their way out of Mustangs, 109s,
Hamps, B-17s, etc, etc.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

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