Ditch on not to Ditch

[CisTer-dB-]

It's been a while that I am seeing or reading on the server a misconception and I think we all deserve to know it.

 

We can't/cannot ditch an aircraft on land, it's is call a crash landing. We ditch an aircraft on water

 

 

http://www.pilotfriend.com/safe/safety/ditching.htm

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_landing

 

http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Ditching:_Fixed_Wing_Aircraft

 

 

Please don't shoot the messenger

 

Happy hunting

 

o7

Edited December 16, 2016 by ATAG_dB

[216th_Xenos]

Heh! Thanks for the info.

 

Could brush it off as 'ditching into a sea of grass'.

[CisTer-dB-]

Heh! Thanks for the info.

 

Could brush it off as 'ditching into a sea of grass'.

Noting wrong going deep in weed

[Cybermat47]

I call them forced landings, myself.

 

BoMw should be interesting though... I don't like it when my 109 gets a fuel leak over the Isle of Wight in CloD, so what will I do if my A6M gets several holes in it over Midway.

 

Oh wait, it would probably burn, because Japanese aircraft

[VBF-12_Snake9]

With enough altitude I used to dead stick the zero across the whole mp(46) map. It was cool cause you could deny someone the kill by dead sticking the landing.

[Lord_Pyro]

I've also gone through this once. I had to travel the whole channel, as my engine died somewhere between Ramsgate and Sandwich. I even can back it up with pics :D

(took me roughly 20 mins)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by KGJ54Lord_Pyro

[AndyJWest]

Got to agree with the OP: far too many people confuse forced landings with ditching. They aren't the same thing at all. At least, most of the time, though I suppose if you land in really slimy mud it might be hard to be sure... 

[hames123]

If you ditch a German plane in the Channel, chances are that your war is over, and that you are captured or killed.