AN EJECTION FROM REAL LIFE
Butterworth in 1978 or 79.
Sparrows, coming off the range join downwind.
"Classic Sparrow 1 base three greens full stop"
MJG: "Classic Sparrow Clear to Land check wheels"
"Sparrow 1" Beep beep
"Sparrow 2 base three greens"
"Sparrow 2 check wheels"
beep beep
"Sparrow three base three wheels"
"Sparrow three check wheels"
beep beep
Every alert, young MJG notices that his old school mate MH has decided to give Mirage flying a miss for the day and take up parachuting so he strikes the big red button and creates some noise around the base and in the fire station.
"Tower, Sparrow three, are you aware Sparrow two has ejected"
"Affirmative" finger off the transmit, I thought, "might be the reason the firies are moving out!!. "
Some years later during the radar trials for Tindal Sparrow Three (DEVICE) told me that I had actually transmitted the last part.
Not my month as a few weeks later when doing what I thought was an excellent traffic direction during night flying, Crowey told me, "Max, turning left to avoid the married quarters and ejecting."
Turned around to tell the APPSVR what was occurring only to see that in the group of wives visiting approach that night was his wife!!
MJG