Posted on 12/06/2005 10:38:10 AM PST by Dog Gone
Excellent.
Outstanding!
This after watching the Bermuda Triangle on the Sci Fi channel last night.... hmmm.
Alright. Whew! Thanks for the info.
I was remembering a time when I was little back in 1987 or so when a fighter crashed off of St. Augustine, FL. The pilot was missing for a couple days I think. Anyway, someone walking early one morning right near my parents place on the beach thought they saw a dog crawling near the waters edge.
Turned out it was the pilot who used his survival skills had just reached shore...
I have looked for this story on the web and didn't find anything.
We haven't left one up there yet. Good SAR by the Coasties.
Awesome...hope they get him warmed up quickly. Still kind of eerie coming the day following the 60th Anniversary of Flight 19....
An Air Force buddy remarked that the Marines were the only ones crazy enough to fly them.
How many of the Harrier drivers wouldn't be there? When I was in the Navy, I saw two pilots eject. One got shrapnel in his shoulder and a sprained ankle. The other left a wife and (IIRC) two children. Neither seat operated correctly.
Should have been around when the Marine Corps and Navy were flying the F-8 Crusader.
The US Marines, and the Brits as well. The Harrier enables the Brits to put to sea with the smaller carriers without the need for catapaults and arresting gear. The Royal Navy Harrier pilots made short work of the Argentines back in the 80's.
Lying isn't a character trait you should be publicly flaunting.
I know its a UK design.
Great!
Having had the oppturnity to depart formation from a F-4.. I can attest to you observation.....
I left me with a compressed vertibrae, and a broken jaw....
My knee board came off and slammed itself into my face when the canopy came off..
I remember coming to in the water, still in my chute....could a been bad
Victory 21
He knew the odds of wrecking one or both his legs and his career was very high.
Italy, Spain, India and Thailand too.
Robe,
Having served in a SAR unit in Vietnam, I can attest to the fact that the survivors of the Martin-Baker thrill ride were grateful to be alive but paid a price for it. I knew of one F-4 driver who said once he healed and got back to the world he was going to personally visit the M-B company and kiss the designer of the ejection system then cold cock the bastard.
I was walking through the carrier berthed in San Diego this past summer and a vet was describing to a group of us the "process" of ejection. Better than crashing and burning no doubt but definately sounded like something you wouldn't just try for fun.
Saw that after I posted. Cool.
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