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by ocdtrekkie 144 days ago
In fairness, quite a few failure modes for aircraft do not matter much if you are wearing a helmet or not.
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You’d be surprised. Small aircraft crashes, if control is not lost before hitting the ground, are much more similar to car crashes than to large airliner crashes. For example, a recent “innovation” that saved a lot of lives was making shoulder belts (as opposed to lap only belts) standard.
Next up: airbags..!