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WTF!!! (French Airforce FUBAR)
shakalnokturn:
--- Quote from: jogri on April 10, 2020, 06:24:14 pm ---I think one of the worst moments for the pilot was getting out of his seat after he landed: If the ejector seat goes off while you're strapped in you are relatively safe, but it could be rather nasty if it goes off while you are removing your seat straps.
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It's a shame it didn't go off at that point, it would have been a bit of a lesson for him after inflicting that flight on his passenger.
Those idiots (different air base) are flying over me daily, if I catch an ejected one in my garden he'll be getting my best sympathy for his kind.
I must think of getting a heavy dog just in case...
langwadt:
--- Quote from: shakalnokturn on April 10, 2020, 11:44:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: jogri on April 10, 2020, 06:24:14 pm ---I think one of the worst moments for the pilot was getting out of his seat after he landed: If the ejector seat goes off while you're strapped in you are relatively safe, but it could be rather nasty if it goes off while you are removing your seat straps.
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It's a shame it didn't go off at that point, it would have been a bit of a lesson for him after inflicting that flight on his passenger.
Those idiots (different air base) are flying over me daily, if I catch an ejected one in my garden he'll be getting my best sympathy for his kind.
I must think of getting a heavy dog just in case...
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yeh, fuck them for doing their job ....
shakalnokturn:
I'm sure they enjoy their job, just I don't enjoy them doing their job.
Now having a couple of hints on how seriously the elite are doing their job over our heads, yes F... them!
joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: shakalnokturn on April 11, 2020, 12:38:16 pm ---I'm sure they enjoy their job, just I don't enjoy them doing their job.
Now having a couple of hints on how seriously the elite are doing their job over our heads, yes F... them!
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Thanks for the post. I enjoyed the story.
I liked this video on Taffy Holden
I had a brother in USN during this time. Learn or Burn, USS Forrestal
SiliconWizard:
Yeah, anyway. Hats off to the pilot. Managing to land safely in that context is amazing.
I've read the BEA report.
A number of things to consider, but I'll sum up the main root cause: the passenger had a medical examination a few hours before the flight, and it followed he got a medical restriction to +3G. Unfortunately, it appeared that this restriction was NOT communicated to the pilot. Whereas he had planned on having a "cooler" flight than usual, just because there was a civilian passenger, he wasn't aware of the +3G restriction, so during the initial climb - which he didn't adapt, because he had no reason to - they were subjected to ~+4G. The report states that the hypothesis of the passenger passing out was rejected, but he got under so much stress that he freaked out and pulled on the wrong thing just as some kind of reflex.
Miscommunication is often the #1 cause of accidents.
But the outcome of this, I still find amazing. They got out of it with very light injuries.
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