Ditching Principles: Survival Guide to Ditching an Aircraft
Language: English
Published by Trafford Publishing, 2005
- Softcover
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AVIATIONBryan Webster started out his 10,000+ hour flying career by taking a ride in a two-seat single engine Cessna 150 and ending up inverted in the silty Fraser River beneath a large unmarked power line span east of Vancouver, BC, Canada. This experience left a lasting impression which 25 years later was the foundation for a new training concept for pilots of light aircraft, Aviation Egress Systems. (More atÂwww.dunkyou.com).During Bryan's many years as a pilot he witnessed other aviators in the industry and recreational flyers with no predetermined escape strategy succumb needlessly to drowning while unable to egress from an inverted aircraft forced to ditch in water. Understanding personally the perils of egressing from a ditched aircraft he designed and built equipment to be used in aquatic centres simulating the challenges of disorientation and panic.After witnessing thousands of students in a controlled situation, many of which who had great difficulty coping with the inverted underwater experience he felt compelled to document behavioural strategies in a book form to reach the flying public and educate them on the importance of this not well documented subject. This books content teaches pilots and passengers what to think about and how to react to successfully escape from a downed aircraft and then survive the after effects regarding life vests, life rafts and hypothermia.Designed to be educational on the technical aspects of ditching an aircraft mixed with real life experience and a bit of humour for an informative, useful guide to help pilots and passengers understand and respect the hazards of light aircraft ditchings world wide.pp. 80 illusts #100823 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…
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- Title
- Ditching Principles: Survival Guide to Ditching an Aircraft
- Author
- Bryan Webster
- Publisher
- Trafford Publishing
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- AS NEW COPY!
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1412069025
- ISBN 13
- 9781412069021
- Seller catalogs
- 3300
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About the Author
Bryan Webster is a 10,000+ hour pilot who has flown over 35 different aircraft types which include everything from hang gliders and Ultra Lights, to almost all Cessna and De Havilland products including the Turbo Beaver Single and Twin Otter. He also flew bird dog for water bombers and medivac plus corporate duties in the Beechcraft 100 and 200 series. To be at home more with his young family he spent 10 years flying single pilot IFR for a large cargo company in Cessna Caravans until the fall of 2001.
After a series of local ditching fatalities Bryan took it upon himself to start an inexpensive egress training program to help better prepare pilots and passengers of light aircraft for what he knew only too well would be a very challenging situation.
Today Bryan lives in Victoria B.C. and teaches underwater egress all across Canada as well yet today flies the De Havilland Beaver commercially in his spare time on the beautiful BC coast.
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