Rupert Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Straight out of Flight Aware I don't know why. But whenever I see a shot like this Pat (Phantom Tweak) comes to mind. Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamb Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Jan pops into my mind Michael, nice one! ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy208 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 That's how The RCAF retires their ageing fleet of CF-18's ! Ha ! Mike [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Neat pic! I love ejection pictures. Although why they bring ME to your mind I have NO idea. I did watch a guy accidentally eject from a Kfir once. He was standing on the seat, facing aft, arming it after a phase inspection, and he slipped. Set off the mortar, the first stage of the total sequence, that initially kicks the seat out of the bird on the rails, so the rockets can take over. At least the seat was safed, so none of the rest of the sequence occured. He went up, high, and came down on top of the plane, bounced, hit the wing, and bounced off that to the ground. If we hadn't seen it happen and called crash crew, almost before he landed, he'd have been dead. It was his one little bit of good luck that crash crew was the next building over from our hangar on the filghtline. He survived, but it was a near run thing. Oddest thing, he was a friend of mine when we were stationed there in Yuma, and he was a friend of my lovely wife-to-be (at that time) because they were on Search and Rescue together. I also saw a Phantom crew bail out at about 300', in a vertical climb. Problem the Phantoms had. When they got weight-off-wheels, if there was a speck of dirt in the horizontal stab actuator, it would program the stabilizers to full up, and the stick full aft, so the plane would go vertical, loose airspeed, and come back straight down. Only thing to do was eject. If they didn't still have face curtains then, they'd be in trouble, cause the stick blocked the lower handle, between their legs. I also saw a Harrier pilot eject. The A-models had a roll stability problem in hover. It would develop oscillations in roll, and eventually flip over and hover into the ground. The pilot ejected, at about 30' AGL, during one such oscillation as he was hovering in to land. When he did, it stabilized, and sat there hovering just off the ground. They tried to get a guy in a bucket out to it to shut the engine down, but it decided to hover on over to the civilian side. Right into a hangar. THAT stopped it :) We also lost several people to ejection accidents in the main VMFAT-101 hangar. Several dents in the roof, and few ugly stains. Me, I stayed off of/out of the seat unless I HAD to, and if I had to, I checked the pins. VERY carefully! Before I got anywhere near IN the cockpit. I'm a coward. And every time I was in the '101 hangar, I'd look up, see the dents, and stains, and it would just reinforce my chicken-ness. I could go on, but I've babbled long enough... Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Here's a video of the crash. Note the music being played... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCD Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Now, Adam, you know that was not Jan... No water anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Now, Adam, you know that was not Jan... No water anywhere! Hey Klee, My thoughts exactly! :p Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Hey Pat, Just thought you might be dozing and could some hot coffee. Or in this case, a hot seat!:p:p:p Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Nice capture Michel. :cool: :D Bet the pilot was feeling a bit dejected by the time he got to the ground. :) Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Hey Pat, Just thought you might be dozing and could some hot coffee. Or in this case, a hot seat! Michael Well, that'd sure wake me up! Or put me to sleep for a long time :D I think I'd really rather have the coffee than the hot-seat! Bet the pilot was feeling a bit dejected by the time he got to the ground. Dejected, ejected, rejected...some kind of jected! I think the plane just didn't like him, and wanted a new pilot. Little bit of a rough landing, but hey, I'm sure he never flew THAT plane again! So, problem solved :D :p Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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