If you’ve ever wanted know what it was like when your machine broke up around you at five bills – or are just a fan of chaos from order stories in general – then you might as well read about how one Air National Guard pilot found himself doing the Martin-Baker penetration:
Only a few seconds earlier, Maj. Stephen Stilwell had been in the cockpit of an F-15, practicing a dogfighting maneuver with another fighter plane.
But now the Air National Guard pilot found himself on the ground, his left arm lifeless, but still attached. He was alive, but he didn’t know how bad his injuries were.
He had managed to eject from the plane using just his right arm. The injuries to his left side happened as he was tossed about in the plane that eventually broke apart and crashed into a fireball 18,000 feet below him.
Ouch.
Ah yes, the infamous crash that generated the “flat spin” photograph on this site.
http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/11/02/calling-all-amateur-crash-investigators/
“I am a little concerned why a plane would break in half… ” Snork!
Oh, and ow ow ow ow OW ow ow!
That’s seven ouchies, the maximum awardable.
Way to keep his head in a terrible situation. Lesson learned, proper training works!