In a message dated 08/09/00 2:56:02 PM GMT Daylight Time,
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<< Anyone falling out of an aircraft without a parachute (despite the break
of fall by trees) would be dead and more than a little disfigured by the
fall. He certainly would not be able to speak. >>
If there ever were any exceptions to this statement, they were obviously very
exceptional indeed. However, that is surely not the point. If Kipling
wanted the airman to be an exception in his story, then an exception he was,
however improbable in real life. He was, after all not much of an exception
- he was broken, he did die.
Yours Sincerely,
Roger Ayers
Membership Secretary,
The Kipling Society
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