Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Treble One, was it not a Tornado over the German plains, they had previously warned crews of uncommanded departure after one had flown near a mast, the German one if I remember correctly, was at low level when the pilot saw an A-10? In front of them and pulled hard to avoid it without time to alert the backseater who had been distracted, and thinking it was an uncommanded departure, ejected, unfortunately the seat was set to command so the pilot left too.
That is the one NutLoose-thanks for the correction. Quite a well known chap flying it IIRC?