Salute!
Good point, KenV, but the downward seat was replaced fairly soon with a conventional seat. Even the Blackbirds had upward firing seats.
The Tampa deadstick pilot was fairly early in the F-16 program, and he and I even "shared" his dog! He was assigned to Germany for awhile and I took care of the dog, heh heh.
The "aim long" advice is good advice. On my actual A-37 deadstick I aimed long but when I started the flare the sucker dropped like a rock. The Viper was an amazing glider compared to any other fighter, and we have had many successful deadstick landings as long as you could get it on the ground before the hydrazine ran out or you had a jet fuel starter helping to reduce hydrazine usage. System was basically a small version of the Shuttle's power system, and it "puffed" just like you saw when the Shuttle rolled out and stopped.
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