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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:43:44 -0500
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From: Steve Reeves <sreeves@sc.rr.com>
Subject: Small Parachutes
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	I dunno how small you want it, but I use a Softie seat back chute with 
aerobatic harness and it's only about 2 inches thick at the rear.  One 
caveat though is that my plane was built to accommodate large people, and I 
am 5'10" and need a couple of inches of cushion behind me anyway, and the 
seatback parachute works perfectly.  I don't wear it often so it probably 
won't be there if I ever need it.  I'm not quite sure I could egress 
properly from the Glasair, but you can bet your behind if I was wearing it 
and needed to get out I would give it a shot.  I think these planes would 
be difficult to bail out from.  Kinda gives you the willies knowing you 
don't have a reserve chute either :-p.  I would guess by the time we got 
out of these planes at the altitudes we normally fly we wouldn't get a shot 
to cut away and pull a reserve anyway.

Steve Reeves
Glasair 343ND
(Hoping my chute never gets used)