Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "The Drydock - Episode 197 (Part 2)" video.

  1.  @GaldirEonai  water escape from aircraft is a routine part of pilot training in the USN. At NAS Pensacola they have a device called the "Dilbert Dunker", which is a mockup cockpit sitting on a steeply inclined track. The pilot trainee is strapped in the cockpit, it runs down the track, hits the water and flips upside down. Then the pilot unstraps and swims out. They also have a "helo dunker" that does the same thing, with full complement of cockpit crew and passengers. The helo dunker drops in the water, rolls inverted, then everyone has to get unstrapped, find a window or door and get out. iirc the Marines also have a helo dunker. There are several videos on youtube of these devices in use. Back in my day, there was another water escape training exercise, for a bail out scenario: The pilot candidate is strapped into a parachute harness, tied to a line from a motor launch. He's tossed in the water and the motor launch tows him around Pensacola Bay while he tries to get out of the harness.
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