F-8 Crash Video

[Jug]

The pilot survived with a neck abrasion and a sea-water soaked flight suit....................downright scary!!!!

cv42f8eject.wmv

[gbnavy61]

VF-11 looked like.

[+ST0RM]

The pilot survived with a neck abrasion and a sea-water soaked flight suit....................downright scary!!!!

 

Sea-water soaked? Good thing pee washes out!

 

Bummer to see a good Rippers jet go into the drink like that.

 

Thanks Jug.

 

-Jeff

[+Dave]

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/cv-42/42m.htm

 

Wow......not me man.

[gbnavy61]

That's a good find, Dave.

 

In Image 5 you can see the pilot going for the face curtain.

 

The dude got like a half-swing under the silk. One lucky SOB.

Edited January 28, 2009 by gbnavy61

[+Dave]

He is very lucky to have survived.

[Slartibartfast]

When you've got to leave you've got to leave...

 

Now thats what you call a good bad day at the office...

 

And for those wanting to know the F-8 Crusader was equipped with the Martin-Baker Aircraft Mk. F-5 ejection seat, which was later updated to the Mk. F-7 standard.

[Rodent]

If that was me my suit too would have been soaked well before I hit the water.

[ezlead]

The one system in the aircraft that you never want to use.

But,when the situation warrants,you don't even think twice about it.

You go for the handle and pull hard.

The old "nylon decent- to a full stop"

[charlielima]

Some where there is a film or at least a photo series of a crud driver punching out while his plane was still controllable. It was taken by his wingman. Some really excellant imagery. There is also some "film" from the plat somewhere of an ejection, can't remember if it was a cold cat or bad trap, but the pilot or NFO landed on the carrier deck with a partial chute. Broke some bones. Did better then some skiers do after a scrape.

:ph34r: CL