Solid Rust TwotterA mate who flew them tells me you'd get spurious engine fire warnings and the only way to be sure was to do a 360 and take a look at your smoke trail - if it was thick and healthy looking you were on fire. In that case you would bail out without the use of an ejection seat, merely a static line type system.
Well beats the old Spey Engined RAF Phantom, you used to do a physical external examination on those from the comfort of your Seat as it passed by underneath you ..
