The conventional wisdom in the community is that no one has ever been killed in an in-envelope ejection in the Prowler.
Brett
Please explain Brett.
The conventional wisdom in the community is that no one has ever been killed in an in-envelope ejection in the Prowler.
Brett
Please explain Brett.
Well, you can eject in-envelope, or out of envelope. It has to do with airspeeds, attitude (bank angle, etc), and altitude. If you're 90 degrees nose down and eject at 500 Ft (out of envelope), you're not going to make it, but if you were straight and level at 500 Ft (in-envelope), you probably will. Now, just because you're out of envelope doesn't necessarily mean you're doomed, but your chances won't be good. Case in point, recent Prowler mishap on a low level experienced a catastrophic engine failure/loss of control. By the time the pilot's seat fired, the jet was <300 Ft and 90 degrees AOB. That's right on the edge of the envelope, but the pilot made it w/o injury.
Brett
It's a function of all the radiation. It causes the space-time continuum to reverse back upon itself, hence the ECMO-centric nature of the Prowler.
Brett