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I could well be mistaken but... I seem to recall during a phase brief being shown the HUD video of a GR in an ACMI range. The story went that the pilot in question hadn't managed to claim any kills for the whole sortie so on the final 1 vs 1 vs 1 Mercedes split he got sight of one of the other jets and tried just a little too hard to pull the nose round and the jet departed. The HUD video cut out as the g mounted but what was recorded looked pretty violent.
Managed to depart a SHAR from a breaking-stop low speed scissors on one occasion; speed pegged below 30 (or was the min indicated 40?), flat, wings level, yaw vane 90 degrees, 360 degrees/sec rotation, 10k+ ft/min RoD, starting at 5000ft above the oggin.
Slapped the nozzles aft and saw the nadir star in the middle of the HUD at 3000'. (SHAR takes 5000' to recover from the vertical!!) Remembered Bartoonski's advice when I started displaying the jet and selected the hover stop, applied full power and nursed the nose up at 8 units AoA. Recovered at 1500' and knocked it off!! Thanks Paul!
Caught it all on film, as I was about to take a shot! Swing the lamp.