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Originally Posted by Seahawk
We lost three "aqua rocks" during swim quals before flight school. However, swimming in a flight suit, then swimming with flight gear, does suck, 
They also taught us a technique called, "drown proofing". Which we affectionately named, "drown assurance proofing". |
As a Hornet maintainer at a training squadron, I, along with several other mechs, was selected to qualify for a back-seat, e-ticket ride. Part of our qualification was the swim-qual portion which included treading water and drown-proofing. Drown-proofing was a bit tricky to learn, but once I got it down, I found to to be a very good way of relaxing.
I taught my daughter how to do it as well, and schooled her in how to bet with her friends that she could go longer than they could before having to touch the side of the pool. She could go for over a half-hour, quite easily! Not bad for an 8 year old!!!
Randy