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.
And an F16 out of Bentwaters in the Eighties. Had engine failure just off the top of the SID (Long time ago but IIRC somewhere north of Coltishall towards the North Norfolk coast and10000 feet) and made it unpowered all the way back to Bentwaters.