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Packman said:
If it's going to be a ditching, I'm going to get the plane set up for my Best Glide Speed, then go for my life jacket. I'm always close enough to land that the Kit won't help me, plus it's not geared for water, with the exception of signalling stuff. [/color]

If you are ditching in water but close to land, wouldn't the kit
be very useful, once you reached land. Or, would the kit be
such a burden, in the water, that you might expire before
you made it to land?

Does anyone's kit float? Or have an attached inflatable device?