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Old 15th Feb 2017, 00:50
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Machinbird
 
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Think Quickly

If this was true you should be dead by now.
Except if you were flying some sort of highly maneuverable aerobatic or jetfighter aircraft.
At the time of the event, I was seriously concerned about dying as you suggest.
The aircraft was a North American T-2A which was a straight wing jet trainer. I was number 6 to roll with 10 seconds interval between takeoffs as briefed.
With gear and flaps up, accelerating through 200 knots at about 50 feet up, the aircraft began to roll right against full left aileron and then full left rudder too and reached about 85 to 90 degrees of bank.
I remember thinking, what do I have left???
The thought came-Aft stick! The aircraft then popped out the side of what must have been a multi-aircraft vortex and began to respond to control. With a wingspan of 38 feet, there wasn't much time or altitude to play with. The ejection seat was useless in that attitude.
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