TIRE TUBES FOR FLOTATION???

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Re: TIRE TUBES FOR FLOTATION???

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BOAT wrote:Don't they have stuff like that on the Apollo Space Capsule so it does not tip over during spashdown?
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BOAT wrote:Maybe they make one for the MAC? :)
if not....call 1-800-invention and ask for G. Foreman :D :P :wink:
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BOAT wrote:Don't they have stuff like that on the Apollo Space Capsule so it does not tip over during spashdown? Maybe they make one for the MAC? :)
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I sail out in the ocean 100% of the time and 50% of the time I am out of site of land.

Should I carry a floatie? I don't have one. :?
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BOAT wrote:How does the pilot get out and pump up those floaties in the air with no ground to put his tire pump on? He can't land on the water and THEN pump up the floaties or he will get his feet wet. Somehow he needs to pump up the floaties before he lands on the water, right? :? (Or are they like beach balls and you just blow into a hose?)
There is a tube into the cockpit, when the engine quits the pilots heavy breathing will inflate those in seconds.
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grady wrote:
There is a tube into the cockpit, when the engine quits the pilots heavy breathing will inflate those in seconds.
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BOAT wrote:I sail out in the ocean 100% of the time and 50% of the time I am out of site of land.

Should I carry a floatie? I don't have one. :?

If you stop posting we will come look for you ...
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Catigale wrote:
BOAT wrote:I sail out in the ocean 100% of the time and 50% of the time I am out of site of land.

Should I carry a floatie? I don't have one. :?

If you stop posting we will come look for you ...

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Catigale wrote:
BOAT wrote:I sail out in the ocean 100% of the time and 50% of the time I am out of site of land.

Should I carry a floatie? I don't have one. :?

If you stop posting we will come look for you ...
Trust us just like Jakalope hunting we will be there soon.
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Re: TIRE TUBES FOR FLOTATION???

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Catigale wrote:
BOAT wrote:I sail out in the ocean 100% of the time and 50% of the time I am out of site of land.

Should I carry a floatie? I don't have one. :?

If you stop posting we will come look for you ...
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