Yeah like A3-18...the below quote doesn't really do it justice.
Engine failure during return to base from Song Song Range (75 Sqn). Pilot ejected at 180 ft and 160 kts with only minor injuries. Crew; FLGOFF L.D.Boyd. RAAF Ejection number 44.
I flew with Lindsay, one of nature's
true gentlemen, in PX...he had tried to eject several times but each time he pulled the handle with one hand (other on control column) nothing happened. Finally, in desperation, he grabbed the handle with both hands and pulled...and out he went...180'/160kts
...inadvertantly discovering a design fault that had been, as I remember the story, responsible for a few fatalities.
His 'minor injuries' sidelined him for a year if memory serves...he retired a Wingco off F111s and is now on the A320 at J*.
One of the prettiest fighters ever designed too...what a good looking aeroplane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu21W-ls_bE
lots of
really good CGI and film including interviews with Isreali Mirage aces.