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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:20:47 -0500
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
From: Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>
Subject: Re: flotation
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Posted for VTAILJEFF@aol.com:

If you are not in raft you probably won't survive. A life jacket keeps you 
afloat but only your head is out of the water. How large is your head-- 
think about what a rescuer in a plane is looking for. Having been through 
Navy water survival training a number of times including  spending more 
than one afternoon in the drink waiting for a helicopter off Pensacola 
Beach and San Diego and participating in more than a few Search and 
Rescues-- I would strongly recommned taking a raft if flying over any body 
of water you could not traverse while swimming. On other words, "how far 
can you swim?"

Jeff Edwards
LCDR, U.S. Navy (ret.)

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