[MediaMole]

The canopy on Galloping ghost is as small as physically possible. The pilot’s head is barely visible under normal circumstances.

Here’s a photo from better times that shows how small the canopy is and how the pilot’s head looks.

http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Galloping_Ghost_25.jpg

[SaxxonWoods]

There is a photo at Liveleak showing the plane on the runway prior to takeoff. Angle of view from the side, pilot quite visible. Two later photos show the cockpit quite well and no shape rises above the lower edge. One of those photos is taken from the same angle as the runway photo, just from the opposite direction.

It’s very odd.

[Talisker]

The canopy on Galloping ghost is as small as physically possible. The pilot’s head is barely visible under normal circumstances.

Nice try, but it won't work. 5-point harness and all that. Something VERY strange was going on.

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NO Head (crash dive):

P.S. This last picture with an empty canopy was all over the web, now it is being scrubbed from Google.