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anyone know what happened here?

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mmx1

mmx1

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Short version: VIP trip, pilot does a roll, failure of communication with back seat, VIP reaches for something to hold on to....the ejection handle.

The ejection can be set to both or only yourself. For VIP's...it's not both.
 
A4sForever

A4sForever

BTDT OLD GUY
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This B/N took it up a notch .... bad stuff.


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USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier (CVN-72)
Indian Ocean, July 1991

Probably been on this site before ... but for the new guys:

http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_seat/
 
HAL Pilot

HAL Pilot

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mmx1 said:
Short version: VIP trip, pilot does a roll, failure of communication with back seat, VIP reaches for something to hold on to....the ejection handle.

The ejection can be set to both or only yourself. For VIP's...it's not both.
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SWO Admiral I believe. (The pilot was his son and he was trying to eat him. :D )
 
Flash

Flash

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HAL Pilot said:
SWO Admiral I believe. (The pilot was his son and he was trying to eat him. :D )
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SWO CAPT, he was the CO of an AEGIS in the battlegroup who was seeing how the Air Wing worked. I got there about 4 days after it happened for workups with CVWR-20. Some of our advance party was at the O Club the Friday after it happened and the guy was there asking rhetorically if people were suppose to be buying him drinks because he punched out. Everyone just ignored him. The plane was there until we left, I think they were waiting for the extra seat and canopy.
 
Schnugg

Schnugg

It's gettin' a bit dramatic 'round here...
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SWO that didn't listen up during the pre-flight briefs. Lucky he did not break his back.
 
Schnugg

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It's gettin' a bit dramatic 'round here...
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A4sForever said:
This B/N took it up a notch .... bad stuff.


close_up.jpg

USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier (CVN-72)
Indian Ocean, July 1991

Probably been on this site before ... but for the new guys:

http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_seat/http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_seat/http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_seat/
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I was on the roof just off the right side of this A-6 as it trapped, standing on the foul line. The Boss anounced the "Emergency Pullforward" over the 5MC but did not say why...we soon found out why. I remember watching him in the groove, three gear, two motors, hooks down, hey what the HE** is that???!!!
I had my camera with me as a Russian Hormone was hovering off our stbd side just prior to this recovery. When I saw the B/N like that, we thought he had not made it and took no photos.
Glad he's with us today.
 
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