Posted on 11/02/2009 7:18:45 PM PST by Doogle
A passenger enjoying a civilian joyride accidentally cut the trip short when he ejected himself from the plane after grabbing the eject lever while trying to brace himself.
The passenger, who was flying in a Pilatus PC-7 Mk II with an air force pilot friend, The Daily Mail reported.
He was instantly blasted 320-feet into the sky by the rocket-powered chair, before floating to the ground with an automatic parachute, the paper reported.
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"Well now Nigel, I certainly do appreciate you give me the chance of a *WHOOOOSH* liiiiiifffeeee ttiiiiiimmmm
Ok, shouldn’t be like a step or two on that function?
Either way, that’s one hell of a ride!
Terribly uncivilized of him, blasting off like that without saying bye bye...
Who wouldn’t do that if they thought they could get away with it and not have to pay the expenses?
“Never touch THAT lever. Okay?”
“What? This one...AHHHHH.”
Oopsie Daisey!!
Ta Ta, Old Chap!
I hope he had an extra pair of pants.
Embarrassing!
As the great thinker Bugs Bunny would say, “What a maroon”
Ah, the ole Charmin moment.
Okay, isn’t that the exact reason they usually brief passengers on what you’re not supposed to touch?
I wonder if the passenger’s name was Van Der Merwe.
Can we go for another ride?
Bridgekeeper: Stop. What... is your name?
Galahad: Sir Galahad of Camelot.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?
Galahad: I seek the Grail.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?
Galahad: Blue. No, yel...
[he is also thrown over the edge]
Galahad: auuuuuuuugh.
Years ago, a guy getting an incentive flight in an F-4 pulled the ejection handle while taxiing out to the runway. Fortunately, there was an interlock preventing ejection with the canopy up.
Unfortunately, it ended the incentive flight program...and the next guy in line was a bodybuilder. He beat the snot out of the guy.
Jet?
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