Re: A good reason why NOT to SCUBA DIVE...

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From: Kevin Pratt
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 00:00

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Duane Brown (dbrown@csus.edu) wrote:
: Speaking of urban legend,

And you are.  This story about a helicopter and the accompanying legend 
about being scooped up whole into an aeroplane are both fiction.  

The opening on the fire dumping plane is about 10-12 inches across.  Any 
larger and the drag from the water would make the plane crash.  Besides, 
those in the US usually dump a chemical (the orange stuff) which is 
loaded on the ground.

As for the helicopter drops, their filling mechanisms are covered by 
screening to prevent loading with fish, rocks, plants and painfully 
errant divers.  When a fire is fought, it is customary for fire 
departments to evacuate those in potential danger, and to have ground 
support for the aircraft.  There are even FAA regulations for such 
operations.

Your "friend" probably doesn't have any supporting evidence for his/her 
claims.  Thus it is a legend.

Kev.

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Subject: Re: A good reason why NOT to SCUBA DIVE...
Date: 1996/05/16
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