William,
No helmet or parachute when flying the Europa. But I do wear both helmet and
parachute
when flying the Little Toot Sport Biplane as I may get the dirty side
up on occasion.
My helmet is the typical white bone dome with drop down sun visor and integral
head set & mic. Don't see that it's of great necessity in the Europa, but it
wouldn't hurt anything to wear it if it makes you feel safer. Besides, if I
wore
it in the Europa, my wife would have to have one as well. Come to think about
it, she'd be cute in helmet and flight suit. May have to think about that.
For information on the airbags just do a Google search on "general aviation
airbags"
and there's plenty of info out there.
Blue skies & tailwinds,
Bob Borger
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On Feb 23, 2011, at 14:10, William Daniell wrote:
>
> Probably opening a can of worms but anyway here goes.
>
> I read in the most recent AOPA report it mentions the FAA study of 647
> accidents of which 133 were fatal in Alaska between 2004 and 2009.
>
> The FAA mentions 20 of the 133 could have been prevented by shoulder
> harnesses - not particular surprise there.
>
> 38 of the 133 could have been prevent by inflatable restraints...this was a
> new one for me. Anyone else know anything about this?
>
> 33 of the 133 could have been prevents by the wearing of helmets - slightly
> surprised but at the same time it seems logical.
>
> 12 of the 133 could have been saved by ELT - again not particularly
> surprising in Alaska.
>
> I thought the inflatable restraints and the helmets point were quite
> interesting. Does anyone wear a helmet and if so what type? Does anyone
> know anything about inflatable restraints?
>
> Will
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