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Man Accidentally Pulls Eject Lever While Flying in Jet
Daily Mail ^
| 10/02/09
| FOX
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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: eject; oops
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To: jaydubya2; calex59
I'm not sure about this particular model. Miniature detonating cord built into the canopy. It's a one step operation: it you want to leave, pull the lever, and the seat goes through where the canopy used to be a split second before.
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posted on
11/03/2009 7:41:17 AM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Levi Johnston: because Joey Buttafuco is so last century)
To: Doogle
"Hold muh Tang"
WHEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee!
Leni
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posted on
11/03/2009 7:52:37 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
To: Doogle
Was No. 2 (cockpit) man on load team....ALWAYS looked for those streamers before I got in.
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:03:33 AM PST
by
Wilum
(Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
To: Wilum
..one of my cube mates was a weapons guy who inadvertently shot down a parked c-130....they were checking a rocket pod...it went like this “check=check check=check check=WHOOOOSH..???..SH*T...it was a great shot though...2.75 went through the bottom of a light-all...ricocheted off the crown of the runway...and through the tail section of the 130...and lodged itself downtown on the top floor of a hospital......
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:16:55 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Oztrich Boy
Miniature detonating cord built into the canopy. It's a one step operation: it you want to leave, pull the lever, and the seat goes through where the canopy used to be a split second before. Ok, but there must be a safety built in somewhere(isn't there?).
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:52:09 AM PST
by
calex59
(We want our constitution back, and we will get it back.)
To: Doogle
Pretty good idea how that happened. Some outfits used preloaded LAU launchers. We never did because of that possibility. Of course in combat operations, everything goes.
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:57:43 AM PST
by
Wilum
(Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
To: Wilum
eyah...24/7 ops makes thing move quickly...loads of “incidents”...
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:59:20 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: calex59
OK, but there must be a safety built in somewhere(isn't there?) Yeah! Keep your paws away from yellow and black!
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posted on
11/03/2009 9:59:57 AM PST
by
Wilum
(Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Ping. You should enjoy this one.
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:02:39 AM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(All gray areas are fabrications.)
To: autumnraine
The location of the eject handles are well known to pilots.
Putting in extra steps means extra time when there may well be less than zero available time for dithering.
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:04:42 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Stubbing one's toes is a valid (if painful) way of locating furniture in the dark.)
To: Roscoe Karns
The first picture is actually funnier.
“Here, Joe. The Vice President gets his very own big boy seat waaay over here all by himself.”
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:05:13 AM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(All gray areas are fabrications.)
To: Doogle
Doogle........not directed at you...
No one grabs the ejection seat levers without thinking it through.....I it know I have done the training and flown for years this is a crazy report.
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:06:40 AM PST
by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
To: calex59
The "safety device" is located between the operator's ears.
Ya keeps yer grubby mitts away from the yellow-and-black handles ...
Unless, of course, you really mean it.
Then, you grab 'em like your life depends on it ... because it does. You won't have time to screw around with mechanical "safety" latches.
This is NOT a ride you want to go on, unless you've totally run out of other options. At that point, time is rather of the essence.
73
posted on
11/03/2009 10:08:09 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
BS, it would be no harder to make a safety that was easy to reach and take off, and would not interfere or slow down the pilot/copilot than it is to put one on a gun. If they are not going to put safeties on them, then they need to never give rides to idiots who can pull the handle without several hours of training on how not to grab the ejector handle.
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posted on
11/03/2009 10:50:30 AM PST
by
calex59
(We want our constitution back, and we will get it back.)
To: calex59
BS, it would be no harder to make a safety that was easy to reach and take off, and would not interfere or slow down the pilot/copilot than it is to put one on a gun One word: Glock.
75
posted on
11/03/2009 1:17:02 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Levi Johnston: because Joey Buttafuco is so last century)
To: Doogle
Hey my dad was your neighbor for a while. Korat, 67-68. And in keeping with this thread, he had to eject out of an F-86 Sabre. Not a fun ride according to him.
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posted on
11/03/2009 1:25:25 PM PST
by
LuvFreeRepublic
(Support our military or leave. I will help you pack BO!)
To: RichInOC
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posted on
11/03/2009 1:28:20 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: LuvFreeRepublic
I’ve heard it put this way...like getting hit by a few very angry linebackers without refs watching....
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posted on
11/03/2009 1:29:52 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
It was a tough one for my dad and he still has black paint embedded in his arm. But the silver lining, he landed on my grandfathers ranch, met my mother and had me!!!
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posted on
11/03/2009 1:32:15 PM PST
by
LuvFreeRepublic
(Support our military or leave. I will help you pack BO!)
To: Doogle
I don't get it. The guy wanted to go flying, he went flying. What's he complaining about? The landing? I mean, did you ever hear anybody say "I want to go landing?" I rest my case.
And that other handle marked "landing gear." It has an Up and a Down position. That means it's optional, right? Sheesh...
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