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Old 23rd Aug 2011, 13:49
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sharpend
 
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Why not eject?

Firstly, the Hawk does have a command ejection system and the Nav in the back could have used it. But one always leaves an ejection as late as possible.

Why did I not eject? Very good question.

The blow from the duck rendered me unconcious for a period; not sure how long. When I came to I was bleeding so fast that if I had ejected I would have bled to death (I lost 4 pts). No helos in the area.

I also thought I could land the aeroplane off a GCA, despite very limited vision and no windscreen (try looking out of a car window at 200 mph). In the likely event of me screwing up I could also eject & then I would be close to the blood wagon.

In the event it all worked thanks to adrenaline. Left the aeroplane on the runway, engine running, ejector seat live. Naughty me!
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