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2019-04-07 Science & Technology
Civilian on Fly-Along Accidentally Ejected from Fighter Jet
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Posted by trailing wife 2019-04-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 "Que fait ce bouton?"
Posted by Skidmark 2019-04-07 01:13||   2019-04-07 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Will bet the house payment that Joe Civilian grabbed the wrong thing. Unintended ejections are extremely rare, and when they happen they tend to be remarkably violent and 99.9% fatal - but they always, always involve somebody activating the bang handles one way or another.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-04-07 07:52||   2019-04-07 07:52|| Front Page Top

#3 First Question: Was said "civilian" a member the the government?
Posted by Jumbo Ulinter4469 2019-04-07 08:39||   2019-04-07 08:39|| Front Page Top

#4 OF THE, dammit
Posted by Jumbo etc 2019-04-07 08:39||   2019-04-07 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 His last name wasn't Macron?
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-04-07 08:47||   2019-04-07 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 for a related great flying story, google VA-95’s partial B/N ejection. due to corrosion of floor fittings. safe trap back on the boat; pictures will tell the story
Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-04-07 09:22||   2019-04-07 09:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Those “Raise Handgrips Squeeze Triggers” signs can be awfully tempting.
Posted by Lowspark 2019-04-07 13:14||   2019-04-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

#8 And he probably lost a few centimeters of height from that little stunt. He was lucky it was near takeoff speed.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-04-07 14:34||   2019-04-07 14:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah - THROUGH the canopy
Posted by Frank G 2019-04-07 14:37||   2019-04-07 14:37|| Front Page Top

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