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A 64-year-old man accidentally ejected himself from a fighter jet at 2,500 feet
CNN ^
| April 13, 2020
| Rob Picheta
Posted on 04/13/2020 2:35:22 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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What else is there to say but "Oopsie."
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I bet ejection costs extra.
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:37:14 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: ProtectOurFreedom
That gave me a chuckle.
Bet that’s his last joy ride in a jet.
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:37:20 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
How embarrassing to have the whole world told about your premature ejectulation.
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:38:53 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
If that was someone’s idea of a joke, it wasn’t funny.
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:39:16 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Nope, you can’t make it up.
Wonder if they will bill him for the damage?
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Yes, but did he have Covid-19? And why wasnt he self-isolating?
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:40:43 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“Whatever you do, don’t pull THIS LEVER.”
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:42:49 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Don't buy from China. Don't buy from Microsoft.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I was boarding a 747 for a flight from Osaka to Tokyo when the news came on about the crash of a Concorde which grounded the SST for good.
It was full of German tourists.
The macabe joke at the time is that the French killed more Germans in that episode than they did in the entire May 1940 Battle of France.
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:43:07 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
ALMOST as good a story as the guy giving Boy Scouts helicopter rides in a Robinson (which has that funny T-stick) and in fright one of the scouts grabs ahold of that T-stick ...
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:44:15 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(Save babies)
To: Texas Eagle
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:44:55 PM PDT
by
apoliticalone
(Without freedom of speech we have no democracy and will lose all our freedoms.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I.m still laughing, this is funny. He got the ride of his life!!
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posted on
04/13/2020 2:46:26 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: Vigilanteman
Actual losses in Battle of France.
French lost 360,000 dead and wounded.
2200 aircraft lost, 1750 tanks lost.
The Brits lost 600 tanks before the Tea drinking surrender monkeys did the brave Sir Robin and fled the battlefield.
The Germans lost;
27,074 dead
111,034 wounded
18,384 missing
1,129 aircrew killed
(c. 27,000 dead)
1,236 aircraft lost
795822 tanks destroyed
157,621 total casualties
It’s bullshit to slander the French military because of the poor ability and capitulation of their politicians.
Not to mention in WWI where the the French lost 1.1 million dead and 4.2 million wounded. But all we hear about is Flanders fields, 744,000 poppies, and 1.6 million wounded.
And of course, then there was Singapore. Where the Brits surrendered to a Jap force a third their size.
But yes, do tell us more about French cowardice./s
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posted on
04/13/2020 3:00:21 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“Well, if you don’t like the ride, you can just get out and walk!”
FWIW, this incident smells vaguely of “stunt.” Kudos to the old man for successfully bailing anyway! The manufacturer is probably glad to learn that their ejection mechanism is damn near fool-proof!
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posted on
04/13/2020 3:01:50 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Is it common to have separate ejection seats in
a fighter jet?
Marko.
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posted on
04/13/2020 3:13:34 PM PDT
by
markoman
(Cautiously pessimistic.)
To: Rebelbase
I bet he had to change his shorts!
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posted on
04/13/2020 3:17:53 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
He'd just crapped his pants, and thought it was the flush handle.
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posted on
04/13/2020 3:20:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
"...who had organized a joyride in a Dassault Rafale B jet for him as a treat. "
A 64-year-old man who had never expressed a desire to fly in a fighter jet. With friends like these you don't need enemies.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Is there a French version of “Florida Man”, ‘cause this story has “Florida Man” written all over it.
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posted on
04/13/2020 3:48:26 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(A liberal is someone who worries that somewhere, someone is enjoying life.)
To: OKSooner
Wonder how many here know that joke.
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