If they're cooled down quickly enough they should suffer no lasting brain damage. People have made complete recoveries from being submerged in freezing water for hours - see the case of Anna Bågenholm, the Norwegian doctor who was under ice for 80minutes. There has been a lot of research into...
Also I imagine the lives of quite a few Nepalese migrant workers would have been saved if England had gotten it, rather than Qatar. Still can't believe the lack of response from FIFA about this, that alone should be enough to convince everyone that the people at the top are just corrupt as hell...
Thanks for the advice all! Sounds like it's a worthwhile experience from the above. My worry was that it would be a bit tame, since she's the skydiving/white-water kind of gal. I doubt very much I could get her near a computer simulator, but from what I've read on the website of the Shoreham one...
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I'm debating getting the girlfriend, who loves helicopters, a trial lesson for her birthday. Just wondering if anyone had done one before and what was it like - just a cheeky 5 minutes on the controls or do you actually get to do a lot of flying? Cheers!