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On May 21, 8:12 am, "Wayne Paul" <w...@soaridaho.com> wrote:
> "George" <gvi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> news:N4f4i.9488$rO7.3260@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
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> > After the pics of how he was extricated I think we can explain the "spinal
> > injuries."
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> > George
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> And exactly how would you have extracted him the small cockpit of a burning
> BD-5? Jaws of death after the fire was out? Wait for a hoist?
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> My guess is that the "spinal injuries" occured on impact. The BD-5's
> cockpit design offers little to no pilot protection.
Jim Bede openly felt that was unnecessary because most BD-5s would
never fly or if they did would either only fly a few hours and be
junked when the owner died or would crash so badly it would make
little difference how he built it.
I do not think Richard Van Grunsven puts a lot of crashworthiness
effort in the RVs, either. They do fly better than Bede designs
though.
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Re: BD-5 crash in Australia
