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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:34:47 -0600, "John Carrier"
wrote: Can't speak for early aircraft, but by the time I transitioned to the F-4, all Navy jets had a command selector valve. Either the rear seat would go alone with the pilot commanding both (rear first for obvious reasons), or either seat could initiate dual ejection. Generally, we flew dual command to either seat with a qualified RO in the back. Sadly there were a couple "qualified" RO's I flew with that I'd rather not have entrusted with the decision. Fortunately, I never had to jettison an aircraft command or no. R / John And, I always brought the equipment home for reuse as well. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" www.thunderchief.org www.thundertales.blogspot.com |
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Hey, Ed, I tried, but when both engines quit at 1500 AGL right over the
runway at 300 KIAs - well, I thought about a 4-lane road half a mile away at about 50 degrees left but then I thought about running into cars and killing civilians trying to save an eleven year old F4 so - when it got to glide speed and we still didn't have a light out we went. Phil Burbages' first recheckout ride after 5 years pounding a desk, too. Felt bad - it was a good bird until then and I'd been flying jets since 1954 - this was 1978. Number of landings = number of takeoffs minus 1. (engines quit because some AMC mech left a wad of typhoon tape in #2 fuel cell 15 months earlier and it finally wandered around and plugged the transfer port to #1 fuel cell. The low-level float and quantity probe are in cell 2 - and it stayed full as #1 went dry. Just wasn't our day. I did get a tie and a pin from Martin-Baker but it cost Uncle Sam 2,236,000 bucks . . .Walt BJ |
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Ed Rasimus a formulé ce mardi :
Strange policy those Navy guys got! The USAF Phantom was set up so that the back seater could eject himself only, and if the front seater initiated ejection it would be a dual sequenced ejection. IIRC, it saved the life of a colonel (or major ?) that flew RIO of a general over Thailand. I seem to remember that this F-4 was hit by AAA over North Vietnam and tried to return to a Thai AF base. An air force general was driving the bird and died just afert the RIO's ejection. Can't figure out where I read that thing... -- Sergio (pour m'écrire, remplacer @aviation par @gmail) |
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