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Old 09-21-2000, 03:01 AM
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The theory i was tought was that the smaller braches in the top area of trees will absorb a large amount of the aircrafts kinetic energy, by breaking the branches and deformation of the aircrafts structure (wings) hopefully resulting in the cockpit area falling to the ground in the gaps between the trees. or even possably taking the tree down with you breaking the fall and minimising impact. Its not the crash that kills, its the sudden stop at the end.
By landing on the treetops, i dont mean stalling it in, but perform a short field landing using the tree canopys as your touchdown point.
i am welcome to any comments.

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