Originally Posted by
Audax
Wasn’t there a nav [observer, looker, talking tacan?] who banged out of a Sea Vixen just before it hit the ground with lots of bank applied, possibly landing at Yeovilton? Hit the ground still in the seat and just slid along whilst the seat did it bits and pieces as advertised, survived. Perhaps a Dark Blue contributor could confirm or deny?
That sounds a lot like my Dad's accident on 16 Feb '68, according to the report he slid along the ground for about 140' parting company with the seat fairly early on.