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To: ChicagoConservative27

So after ejecting from a jet fighter, orienting his body in free-fall and pulling the rip cord, he has enough time to retrieve his cell phone, snap a selfie on the way down, put the cell phone back in his pocket, and “assume the position” for a parachute landing. Just how high up was he when he ejected?


13 posted on 12/08/2022 8:21:22 AM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Flick Lives

Pilots are a Bizarre bunch.
Who Knows.


20 posted on 12/08/2022 8:32:33 AM PST by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: Flick Lives

Can someone take that photo and start to adjust contrasts and brightness in the black?

I bet we’ll see the corners of an office somewhere in Kiev.

... Or Delaware.


33 posted on 12/08/2022 9:04:50 AM PST by Celerity
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To: Flick Lives

Depends on the altitude, from 1000 or 1200 feet there isn’t much time, especially in a mass jump when you are dodging other jumpers, scanning the ground for trees, roads, water, fences, buildings, etc., but alone and from a higher altitude, sure.


36 posted on 12/08/2022 9:27:46 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Flick Lives

How high up...or just how high?


43 posted on 12/08/2022 9:58:58 AM PST by DPMD ( )
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To: Flick Lives

How high up...or just how high?


44 posted on 12/08/2022 9:58:58 AM PST by DPMD ( )
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To: Flick Lives

The seat does most of the work. Lookup K 36 ejection seat.


60 posted on 12/08/2022 6:20:27 PM PST by e_castillo
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