I have seen some more photos and I would say he came within 25ft of the deck. I would class that as an arse gripping experience in anyone's book. Well done for staying with it and saving the RAF and BWoS from a very embarrasing situation. Presumably the bang out handle is in the usual place on a Typhoon. I would imagine his hand was quite near it at some point. I have a hard time imagining this was a pilot induced problem.
Last edited by Navaleye; 17th July 2005 at 02:19.