Yes, this is very true, however my former boss and owner of a mint Canadaire T-33A conveyed to me that he would NEVER, EVER leave his bird unless the cockpit was on fire!
Well, at an air show in Mt. Clemens, MI in '94, 128 flags were stuck in the ground to identify body parts of my then boss and the only surviving part of the aircraft was a "tip tank" that ejected on impact.
God rest his soul.
"Well, at an air show in Mt. Clemens, MI in '94, 128 flags were stuck in the ground to identify body parts of my then boss and the only surviving part of the aircraft was a "tip tank" that ejected on impact."
Well, I didn't say you should
fly with them in air shows. ;o)
He should have never vowed to
NEVER leave his aircraft unless
the cockpit was on fire.
That kind of mentality will get
you killed.