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Old 4th Jun 2016, 08:36
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IIRC there was a USAF fighter where the pilot messed up the approach to the extent he was over the runway, nose-high on the back of the drag curve and ejected.

The ejection shut the throttle and pitched the nose forward, the aircraft touched down and engaged an arrestor cable, stopping with no further damage than the missing seat and associated missing parts etc.

The pilot thereafter having the reputation that his aircraft landed better without him than with with......
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