On Apr 5, 1:10*pm, Phil J wrote:
If you were this pilot, would you ever get back in the cockpit??

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?C...e64-5fec-4034-...

Phil

A headwind that made the nose rise?

Maybe he meant a gust?

Would I fly again? Hmm. He just bailed out -- inadvertently. But that
was the result of some clumsiness that might ought to be taken as a
warning. Granted, I've made plenty of mistakes flying. I might have to
review my own talents and decide whether what happened was a fluke or
whether maybe it was the result of a general tendency to make
mistakes. If the latter, hang up the goggles, for the Gods have given
a stern warning indeed. Lucky for him the "headwind" didn't happen
over dry land!

I just read in Jimmy Doolittles' book about a fellow who did a
negative G maneuver back in the old days -- had forgotten to fasten
his belt -- and flew right up over the plane. No chute. They named an
airfield after him.