"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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On May 5, 10:06 pm, "NW_Pilot"
wrote:
Just recived a Phone call from a friend in Goosebay look like the
aviation

community have lost another pilot this weekend!!! more details later
as so
on
as it's confirmed.

Sorry to hear that. I suppose that even with a raft, ditching in the
North Atlantic has low survival rates.


The only thing that will get you out is a decent survival suit and an
ELT. You'd be lucky to be able to get into your raft. I know someone who
went in in the straights of Davis and he had a Pillsbury doughboy
immersion suit and survive 17 hours in the water, in winter with no
raft. The water was too rough for an aerial recovery and he got dropped
a raft by the Danes which he spent a further day in. He was OK, too. A
bit the worse for wear, and spent a couple days in hospital suffering
from exposure, but it was an amazing survival. He did one more and then
hung it up.



Bertie

Of coarse you do Bertie Buttlipp, you know everything, you know everyone,
you've doe everything.

Now take your meds and go back to sleep.