Bill

Have you seen the clip of the Navy bird that lost AB's coming off the
CAT shot? He banked 20-30 degrees and ejected and made it with his
Zero Zero system.. If he hadn't banked, the Carrier would have run
over him and after going through the props not much is left (my Navy
friends told me when I was with them in the tail hook Sq)..

Big John


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:26:19 -0500, "Bill Denton"
wrote:

NOTE: I'm working from memory of some things I read about three years ago.
If I have any errors or omissions please post a correction.
training and human nature.

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Consider a pilot in a jet fighter on an aircraft carrier. He gives his
"thumbs up", the catapult fires, and he begins his takeoff roll. But just
after he rotates, all engines flame out. The pilot then has two options: a
restart, or an eject. If he ejects, he saves himself, but he loses the
airplane. If he restarts, he and the plane both come out OK. But there's a
problem with the restart option: if it is not begun immediately or if it
takes too long, an eject will not work; the chute will not open.

So the pilot is taught that under this set of circumstances he shouldn't
even consider a restart, he should just eject.

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