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To: null and void

At least he waited until they were off the ground!.............


2 posted on 03/28/2022 11:55:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

“At least he waited until they were off the ground!.............”

That Martin Baker ejection seat is good for a ground level ejection. You first take a short rocket ride and then the chute deploys.


15 posted on 03/28/2022 12:04:57 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST )
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To: Red Badger

A midshipman on his summer cruise aboard my carrier dropped something he was fidgeting with while his F-4B familiarization ride was waiting for a trip to the catapult. As he bent over to pick it up, he steadied himself by hanging onto the face-curtain loop.

He ALMOST found out how far you can pull it before starting the ejection sequence. A flightdeck chief jumped on the bird and pounded on the canopy just in the nick of time.


16 posted on 03/28/2022 12:05:31 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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