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Old 2nd Sep 2015, 16:05
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Bigglesbrother said in #451:

Who rescued the pilot alive from this blazing Hunter T7 inferno?

Little has been reported about the person(s) who extricated the pilot from the Hunter T7 cockpit section.

Interesting observation. In the last closing minutes of the Nick Ferrari breakfast LBC radio show, a couple of days after the accident, someone asked this question and suggested that the Queen should create a civilian version of the Victoria Cross to be awarded on an occasion like this. The place must have stunk of hot steaming paraffin, and if I remember correctly, on that type, there are two ejector seat handles, either one of which could be damaged and on the edge of going off.

There must have been more than one person involved. I suppose they dragged him to safety, saw the medics, got back in their car, and drove off.

Maybe the medics who attended could throw light on this.
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