BANG! And passenger was gone
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There are a number of photos at Warton of a Tornado minus canopy. Flown deliberately due to concerns that if the Nav banged out but the pilot didn't (navs are chickens apparently) the pilot wouldn't be able to fly the plane due to the airflow etc. KH showed it was possible, although he didn't recommend sticking your arm outside the cockpit.....
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Then there was young Tom Stoney out of Iwakuni, Japan, in a Meteor 8 1951.
BANG - surprise, surprise and damn as the Meteor makes several passes at him as he floats down into the Inland Sea.
BANG - surprise, surprise and damn as the Meteor makes several passes at him as he floats down into the Inland Sea.
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The fuselage just aft of the cockpit seems awfully smudged, compared to the rest of the paint... I do believe a seat recently left from the aft location and its rocket exhaust smoked the paint there.
Whether this was planned or unplanned is the only question in my mind.
Whether this was planned or unplanned is the only question in my mind.
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Read an article where a instructor banged out of a TA-4 Skyhawk in the states, late 60's, when the NZ boys were doing conversion.
had a bird strike which entered through the rear half of the canopy hitting instructor in face, knocking out comms and temp full blindness (perm lost 1 eye from memory). Not fully aware of the situation up front, the instructor assumed the worst and away he went.... leaving the surprised and now solo student up front to bring it home. Rescue found the ejectee in a field, all set up in his liferaft.
had a bird strike which entered through the rear half of the canopy hitting instructor in face, knocking out comms and temp full blindness (perm lost 1 eye from memory). Not fully aware of the situation up front, the instructor assumed the worst and away he went.... leaving the surprised and now solo student up front to bring it home. Rescue found the ejectee in a field, all set up in his liferaft.
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The Wedge sortie was in the area known as the Wash ATA to those of an ATC bent and Neats Area 3 to those AD's out there.
The person in question landed feet dry on the coast not too far from Sherringham.
There is a substantal reward still on offer from MB, because it was never proved if the handle was pulled or not.
The person in question landed feet dry on the coast not too far from Sherringham.
There is a substantal reward still on offer from MB, because it was never proved if the handle was pulled or not.
Originally Posted by Ewan Whosearmy
The Su-35 photo posted above is a well-known fake.
It did fly without a canopy or rear seat, but there was no in-flight ejection. This photo is the fake:
It was done for a movie, would you believe? Called "Mirror Wars", apparently. The ejection seems to have been done on the ground (not clear if it was from a flyable airframe) and then faked for the film.
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Just looking at the angle of the stabilisor/all-flying tailplane (call it what you want) the flying pic has got to be a fake and must have been taken on the ground with the hydraulics "at rest". The negative G at that angle in flight would be pretty extreme
otherwise.
Just my 2p worth.
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Just looking at the angle of the stabilisor/all-flying tailplane (call it what you want) the flying pic has got to be a fake and must have been taken on the ground with the hydraulics "at rest". The negative G at that angle in flight would be pretty extreme
otherwise.Just my 2p worth.
MB
Trap One, I'm not sure you are right with the 'feet dry' piece. I was airborne on the same Ex that day and listened to the whole thing going off on Guard. ISRT the Hawk driver reporting pax in his chute, followed by description of him entering the water and disappearing: "he's gone" (or words to that effect), then "There he is again...!". Still, it was a long time ago and memories are funny things. You could always ask the Wedge, he still wears uniform and might be working somewhere near Northwood....
