Everything You Need to Know About Ejecting From a Fighter Jet
Apr 26, 2017 16:14:40 #
Apr 26, 2017 16:34:44 #
Apr 26, 2017 16:47:57 #
ejrmaine wrote:
Gotta give those pilots a lot of praise for their courage.
Yes indeed.
Apr 26, 2017 17:34:57 #
Don't look like he was high enough for to Finnish his flip. He was pretty close to the ground when he ejected.
It happens.
It happens.
Apr 26, 2017 17:58:45 #
dirtpusher wrote:
Don't look like he was high enough for to Finnish his flip. He was pretty close to the ground when he ejected.
It happens.
It happens.
Apr 26, 2017 18:03:55 #
bcheary wrote:
He tried for a tight one. But got caught.
Altitude is your friend in every instance.
Like old saying better to have unused runway Infront of you than behind yuh.
Apr 26, 2017 18:10:28 #
dirtpusher wrote:
He tried for a tight one. But got caught.
Altitude is your friend in every instance.
Like old saying better to have unused runway Infront of you than behind yuh.
Altitude is your friend in every instance.
Like old saying better to have unused runway Infront of you than behind yuh.
Good adage.
Apr 27, 2017 06:49:10 #
richosob
Loc: Lambertville, MI
bcheary wrote:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a26193/how-pilots-eject-from-fighter-jet/?
That has got to be the scariest moment of a pilots career.
Rich
Apr 27, 2017 08:40:13 #
Apr 27, 2017 09:15:48 #
Interesting.Last week I got a chance to fly a Spitfire.The briefing for emergency was,lower seat,eject canopy,open door,remove harness,then leave.Trouble was,the harness buckle was right next the the parachute buckle.I wondered with the plane on fire how many left the aircraft without the parachute.Much easier to eject.
Apr 27, 2017 11:31:57 #
richosob wrote:
That has got to be the scariest moment of a pilots career.
Rich
Rich
You can say that again Rich.
Apr 27, 2017 11:32:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Interesting, but not something I'll ever do. : )
Can't say that I blame you Jerry!
Apr 27, 2017 11:33:29 #
viscountdriver wrote:
Interesting.Last week I got a chance to fly a Spitfire.The briefing for emergency was,lower seat,eject canopy,open door,remove harness,then leave.Trouble was,the harness buckle was right next the the parachute buckle.I wondered with the plane on fire how many left the aircraft without the parachute.Much easier to eject.
Those Spits were something else.Apr 27, 2017 20:43:47 #
richosob wrote:
That has got to be the scariest moment of a pilots career.
Rich
Rich
Part of my RAF pilot training was on Vampire T11s, which were equipped with ejector seats (we called them "bang-seats"). Never had to use one, TG, but we had drills where you sat on a fully armed bang-seat and fired yourself up a 30-foot vertical ramp. In flight, I remember you wore leg restraining straps to stop your legs being thrown apart and possibly dislocated when you hit the airstream at maybe 400mph. You gripped the ejector handle with your right hand and your right wrist with your left hand and kept your elbows tightly tucked in. All a bit scary, but preferable to the situation when we graduated to single seat Vampire Mk5s and Mk9s, which had no bang-seat. If you got into trouble the drill was simply to wind back the canopy and climb over the side. Made ejecting look like a pretty attractive proposition. I was 18 when I signed up for this. Now I'm older and wiser, if they offered me the chance to do it again I'd probably give it a miss!
Apr 28, 2017 04:16:02 #
jimward wrote:
Part of my RAF pilot training was on Vampire T11s,... (show quote)
Vampires,one of the early jets.I remember a film about breaking the sound barrier and that was a Vampire. I flew Lancasters and if the pilot could get out the automatic pilot had to work and it seldom did.
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