On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:49:13 -0700, Ian
wrote:


As I recall, it was the "made the decision" bit which was critical -
there were people who had bailed out below 500m, but they had all made
the decision to do so while higher. However, I'd welcome correction
or, better still, a copy of the report. Anyone?

I only counted people who *made the decision* below 1.000 ft. One was
a winch launch in an ASW-19 with disconnected elevator, the other two
were Ka-8's involved in a midair immediately after a winch launch.


One the other hand, I also had the doubtful pleasure to watch a pilot
who made his decision to bail out at about 3.000 ft after the wing of
his Lo-100 disintegrated during aerobatics. His parachute opened at
less than 100 ft over the ground. He survived uninjured.




Bye
Andreas