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Old 1st Sep 2013, 15:28
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431 Wildenrath accident

The 431 accident and subsequent Board of Inquiry report was part of the SNCO management course (late '70's RAF Newton), including the flight safety film mentioned. The film was played up to the point of ejection then a discussion took place on the lead up to the accident, after which the BoI report was discussed. I seem to remember that the board noted that the ejection(s) had been premature, The crew had "flown" a sim sortie that included an ejection whilst a jet was being prepped for them (their original jet, which had hydraulic wing fold had gone down in the morning), so the board thought they were "primed" for an ejection. As our discussions were ongoing the Ch Tech instructor asked the Flt Sgt Painter sitting next to me why he wasn't contributing, to which he replied along the lines of " If you care to look at the BoI's list of witnesses you will see my name, I saw the whole thing from the side of the runway"
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