only 50 feet above the desert he decided to eject.
Nobody can say this dude didn't do everything he could.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Nobody can say this dude didn't do everything he could.
I'm not an aviator...but do agree.
He should get some sort of recognition from the manufacturer of
the ejection seat...for doing a real-world test showing the guvmint got
their money's worth in an ejector seat.
2 posted on
11/28/2007 4:32:38 PM PST by
VOA
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
That happened on my Chevy Caprice. I didn’t have to eject, but it was highly entertaining to the pedestrians in the parking lot.
3 posted on
11/28/2007 4:34:44 PM PST by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
jammed throttle cable These jets are fly by wire, so this must have been well downstream from the cockpit controls, or the headline is wrong.
Not like he could have jiggled the gas pedal and unstuck it.
4 posted on
11/28/2007 4:35:35 PM PST by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Kudos to the Good Major.... and it must have been a hell of an eight minutes ride!
6 posted on
11/28/2007 4:37:24 PM PST by
MindBender26
(Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; Pukin Dog; F15Eagle
Realising he would not reach the runway and only 50 feet above the desert he decided to eject. Well now, there's an opportunity for reflections...
7 posted on
11/28/2007 4:38:06 PM PST by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; Pukin Dog; F15Eagle
Realising he would not reach the runway and only 50 feet above the desert he decided to eject. Well now, there's an opportunity for reflection...
8 posted on
11/28/2007 4:38:32 PM PST by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
10 posted on
11/28/2007 4:45:58 PM PST by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Has Audi been providing the cable linkage?
11 posted on
11/28/2007 4:46:51 PM PST by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I’m just guessing here, but I would imagine that an F-16 glides kinda like a brick with fins. 50 feet of altitude does not buy you a whole lot of time at that sink rate.
15 posted on
11/28/2007 5:01:31 PM PST by
gridlock
(Recycling is the new Religion.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Why didn’t he just put it in neutral? Or hit the parking brake?
20 posted on
11/28/2007 5:19:13 PM PST by
IronJack
(=)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Mark me down as one grateful taxpayer, but next time, Major, feel free to leave three seconds to spare. whew
24 posted on
11/28/2007 5:26:02 PM PST by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
With the jet stuck with afterburners on...."Afterburners" implies multi-engine,the F-16 is a single engine aircraft.
OK,OK,so I'm a nitpicker but that's my job!
27 posted on
11/28/2007 5:29:28 PM PST by
oldsalt
(There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
only 50 feet above the desert he decided to eject
Just so long as you're rotated more up than down, you can eject from most any fighter at any altitude, including zero altitude, zero velocity.
Now, if you're rotated upside down, then it's one of the quickest forms of suicide there is. Or if you're the Nav in a something like a B-47 Stratojet, then you'd better have a little altitude.
32 posted on
11/28/2007 5:37:29 PM PST by
ThePythonicCow
(The Greens and Reds steal in fear of freedom and capitalism; Fear arising from a lack of Faith.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Stupid question: if a pilot crashes his ride and safely ejects, and the crash is not his fault, is he still allowed to fly?
What about the guy in the YouTube clip upthread? Apparently that crash was his fault.
38 posted on
11/28/2007 6:16:39 PM PST by
stillonaroll
(Rudy = Hillary: pro-abortion, pro-gay, anti-gun)
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