G'day David,

Friday February 14 1997 22:43, David Read wrote to Gaelyne Gasson:

 DR> Hi Gaylene

 Gaelyne.

 GG>> The other worry is when flying in USA over absolutely NO
 GG>> water at all,  they tell you that the seat can be used as
 GG>> floatation device.
 DR>
 DR> Ahhh...yes...that's to use between your bum and the ground when it
 DR> comes up and belts you.

 Yeah, like the seat isn't gonna disintegrate in midair like the rest
 of the plane.

 DR> Flying in the Orions over water, you have to wear a lifejacket
 DR> *under* your parachute harness. The jacket does have a *radio*
 DR> beacon attached as standard Bob .

 That should make Bob feel good.  

 DR> Once on exercise we got a call from maritime ops in
 DR> Canberra...apparently a full SAR alert was called when a jacket
 DR> beacon transmission was picked up. Turned out to be on the rack in
 DR> the aircrew gear room next door! . They apparently are not
 DR> powered by water battery.

 Water battery??

 DR> Dunno how far down the runway the SAR bird got back at Edinburgh
 DR> before they did a triangulation :)

 And then there was the strangulation.  

Cheers,
Gaelyne

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