Originally Posted by
OK465
some T-6 numbers:
ejection seat: altitude 0 to 35,000 ft. airspeed 0 to 370 knots.
uncontrolled: min ejection altitude 6000' AGL. Safe ejection possible in 10,000 fpm descent. controlled ejection: recommended
2000-3000' AGL.
forced landing: high key
3000-2500' AGL, trained to proficiency
(family member was a T-6 instructor....and T-34)
Not the F-16. There have been numerous successful engine out landings, one notable at the old NAS Glenview, down thru the wx.
Agree.
Those ejection seat numbers look a bit odd. I believe the T6 has a. Martin Baker Mk 16 seat which has 0/0 capability when level.
Even in the older seat like the Mk 4 which I used in anger, could be used in descent to a level which was at least equal to 10% of your ROD.
So, in a 10,000. fpm descent one could probably survive if ejecting at 1000 feet or higher.
Strange and very sad accident..