Posted on 07/23/2010 6:04:42 PM PDT by James C. Bennett
See that man in the top left of this photo? That's Captain Brian Bews and he's lucky to be alive. The skilled pilot barely managed to eject before his CF-18 fighter jet crashed to the ground during a practice flight.
The practice flight took place at Lethbridge County Airport and was apparently in preparation for the weekend airshow in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. There are no details as to exactly why the jet fighter went down. We do know that Captain Bews was taken to the hospital for injury treatment. [MSNBC—Thanks, Wilson!]
Yes and we're so happy to have him, but life has never been the same for him since.
Yes and we're so happy to have him, but life has never been the same for him since.
Most of us, myself included, had no idea.
I’ve had 1 ride in a F-16 D model and went thru a whole 45 mins of training on them. They have small rocket under the seat that pushes you out at roughly 10G.
If you don’t have your body in the right position it can break your legs or other bones. Thats not saying anything for whats forcing you to eject in the first place. Once you do eject you get hit by the wind stream which can also cause injury.
As explained to me its an extremely violent experience. But it beats the sudden stop and burning to death thing.
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