Hungarian Pilot Punches Out Of His Saab Gripen During Emergency Landing

Photo credits: AP , MTI , CTK , Josef Vostarek Foxtrot Alpha Jalopnik ^ | 6/13/15 | Máté Petrány

[Oztrich Boy]

Brakes? Perfect two point landing.

[Rodney Dangerfield]

“Hungry fighting off the Soviets.. ugh.. Russians?..
They might feed them some Goulash.. fighting aint happening..”

My Father fought them off in the Revolution of ‘56, saving his wife (My Mother) and numerous other relatives from being raped and murdered.

They even used bullets made from wood when metal was in short supply. It also allowed much of my family to escape Soviet occupied Hungary.

Learn your history before spouting such ignorant nonsense.

They were true “insurgents”, not like the terrorists in Iraq.

[Yo-Yo]

He stayed with the jet as long as possible, only ejecting as the stricken fighter tipped on its side, careening down the runway.

From the video link that TChad posted, the airplane was doing just fine, going perfectly straight down the centerline, until after the pilot decided to punch out. Only after he punched out did the aircraft begin to swerve.

[hosepipe]

Nonsense is buying Gripens to fight Windmills..
A Don Quixote story.. better build a strong entrenched under ground..
AND infiltrate their power structure.. blow up stuff in MOSCOW..

Sun Tsu must NOT BE published in Hungary..