<ding ding; ding ding> "CO departing"!

[JayManC]

So get this! I guess one of the CO's from a cruiser around here ends up following the air wing out to Fallon for an air det, and ends up somehow mustering himself a good deal ride in the backseat of a tomcat. Well anyways the young pilot takes the weathered and experienced CDR up for some good old fashion fun. So after sometime of flying around and hanging in the straps for a while the CDR decides to reposition himself in the chair, when....you guessed it he fires himself out the aircraft. Luckily enough the seats weren't on command eject so the pilot was able to land the plane convertable style. I got a good laugh out of that one.

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[webmaster]

So is that what happened on the 14th? It was posted in my squadron by our Safety Officer, but all of us were wondering what the story was behind it....

 

[JayManC]

what did the safety officer post? yeah im not too sure about the rank hes either an O-5 or an O-6, I forgot which ship hes on. but the tomcat was with the jolly rogers from what i understand, all the guys i know in there are obviously out of town.

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[webmaster]

was just posted on the mishap and hazreps board...

 

[EODDave]

Thats hilarious!

 

[moestud]

Just read about the same story in the lates Navy times. Funny.

 

[EODDave]

good article

 

[LadyJayUSN]

Here's good story along those lines.

During the Millenium cruise in 1999-2000, CV-67 along with CAG-1 invited the King of Jordan to join the Kennedy for a little out-to-sea fun. Being a former fighter pilot himself, he's granted a backseat ride with VF-102, the Diamondbacks. Well, there's a harness restraint lever on the left/right side of the seat (can't remember), and neither the AMEs nor the pilot mentioned it in preflight. (For those of you who don't know, the harness restraint works like the safety devices attached to the seatbelts in your car. You hit the breaks, and the harness locks tight.)

Anyways, the King of Jordan's harness wasn't locked when the aircraft arrested and it was quite a sight to watch him hit his head on the monitor in front of him. I don't know if the joke was done on purpose, but it was really funny at the time.

 

[Frumby]

Harness lock is on the left side for all Martin Baker seats. Both stories are just two damn funny! Frumby

Attack Pilot
Major USMCR

 

[LadyJayUSN]

Yeah, you know what's even funnier....a JO standing on the fan-tail with a rescue hook waiting for the mail buoy...

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[navyman]

I'm an east coast HSL sailor and that -14 ejection story happened to the CO of the ships that a det out of here is on. They had it posted in thier space for a while