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controls column back and there was no resistance to the movement. That was when I knew something was bad wrong. The nose kept going down and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Suddenly the plane tumbled nose down and it was here that I think I lost both wings. It is hard for me to say what happened because it happened so fast. There were several violent maneuvers which are impossible for me to describe. In a few seconds the plane, or what was left of it with me, started spining in an upside down position with the nose pointing at the sky, my suit also inflated at this time or earlier. I did not feel it inflate just all at once I realized that it was squeezing me. The spin was causing about three to four "G". forces. I was being forced toward the nose of the aircraft and also toward the top of the cabin. I knew I had to get out as soon