Bad Day Flying

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in
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On Apr 6, 8:45 pm, wrote:
On Apr 6, 3:56 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:



On Apr 6, 1:45 pm, wrote:

On Apr 6, 12:32 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote
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On Apr 6, 5:51 am, "muff528" wrote:
" BTW, I think the word "dumbass" is Politically Incorrect.

Dam! I thought I was being PC by pretending to be offended.
Someone needs to publish the rules. (As if the usenet isn't
already full of PC kops.) TP

PC RULE #1:
We don't make fun of retards like Bertie, even though
he is living proof that turkey eggs should be sold in
supermarkets.

Oh ouch. Anyhow, how do you even know I stil exist Kenny? You
have me killfiled, remember?

Nice airplane in the story. I've seen (and have) water
skiing wipe-outs at 40 mph, it's a case of rolling on
the surface. If true a 67 yo is lucky he didn't break a
few bones smakin the water.
A friend of mine broke his back when the ski rope
broke. His ass hit the water at ~30-35 mph with
rapid deacceleration centered on his lower vertabrae.

Bull****.

Bertie

Not likely the deceleration, but the bending and flexing of
the
spine as he dug into the water. My back is all messed up from
waterskiing tumbles (and snowskiing wrecks, and lifting too
much). When you're young you're invincible.
Dan

I hear ya, my spines a bit wore-out from putting up
TV towers as a brat a little to quick, (my fault, I hurried).
To be more detailed, my friend had to get a vertebrae
fusion at the base of his back. (I'd wash his back so
I saw the scars).
I guess the technical term might be crushed vertebrae,
but my point is water hit at high speed is hard, anybody
who belly flopped from a few feet knows that.

This fella is quite broad shouldered and stout, so when
his ass hit the water the rapid deacceleration focused
on the lower part of his spine and exceeded design
specifications.
LOL, a skinny assed guy like me would probably skid
across the water and get a free enema.
Ken

The enema is likely all you'll get from landing hard on your
tail. Never had one myself but some friends have experienced it.
Landing at high speed just means you bounce along for awhile until
something digs in and twists you around something fierce. That's when
the joints get busted.
Dan

Best wipe out I've seen: I was spotting in a 65 hp fibre-
glass job, doing about 33 on the speedometer, so into
a tight turn we go. The skier, decides to take the max
circumference, (I've done the same, try to pass the boat),
and dug in for high speed.

Well he's out there doing a whip-lash at maybe 50-60
mph, and his ski's start oscillating...well he flipped
out, and must have rolled over and skipped 3 times
like a skipping stone, before settling into the drink.

He claimed to have dislocated his shoulder, and he
blamed the driver for going too fast, he's a whinner,
the speed was set to 33, I kept checking that.

You're a hero.


Bertie