"Eject Eject Eject!!!!!" Plane overboard...video

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - "Eject Eject Eject!!!!!" Plane overboard...video

lawdawg430 Juris Doctor Joined Dec 2006 Posts 714 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 5:47:24 PM EDT Corsair brake fails
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recoiljunky Joined Mar 2004 Posts 2302 EE Offline AL, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 5:49:27 PM EDT A captain goes down with the ship. EJECT, EJECT!

thebeekeeper1 Member Joined Mar 2001 Posts 44433 EE Offline IL, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 5:51:11 PM EDT I was afraid his parachute wouldn't have time to open--big relief to see it fully deployed.

Treadhead Member Joined Jun 2001 Posts 2856 EE Offline OR, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 5:52:03 PM EDT When I says WHOA I MEAN'S WHOA! Hope the pilot came out OK (?)
	"Whada ya mean is it IN YET?!"

CFII Proof you can teach a monkey to fly Joined Oct 2002 Posts 5775 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 5:53:43 PM EDT Damn, thats a shitty reason to take a ride.
	Sic Vis Pacem, parabellum

C-4

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Posted: 2/23/2007 5:55:21 PM EDT

Originally Posted By thebeekeeper1:
I was afraid his parachute wouldn't have time to open--big relief to see it fully deployed.

I can't remember the term they used on the History channel when describing parachutes that will deploy safely with the plane at ground level. Pretty neat that you can eject pretty well much anywhere and do so safely.

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CSM

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Posted: 2/23/2007 5:56:06 PM EDT

Originally Posted By C-4:

Originally Posted By thebeekeeper1:
I was afraid his parachute wouldn't have time to open--big relief to see it fully deployed.

I can't remember the term they used on the History channel when describing parachutes that will deploy safely with the plane at ground level. Pretty neat that you can eject pretty well much anywhere and do so safely.

Just don't do it low level inverted or in a high bank angle.

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CFII

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Posted: 2/23/2007 5:56:17 PM EDT

[Last Edit: 2/23/2007 5:56:42 PM EDT by CFII]

Originally Posted By C-4:

Originally Posted By thebeekeeper1:
I was afraid his parachute wouldn't have time to open--big relief to see it fully deployed.

I can't remember the term they used on the History channel when describing parachutes that will deploy safely with the plane at ground level. Pretty neat that you can eject pretty well much anywhere and do so safely.

Term is zero/zero

Zero airspeed, zero altitude.

Sic Vis Pacem, parabellum

superchief Joined Jun 2006 Posts 76 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 6:00:16 PM EDT I think the f-16 was one of, if not the first to have a zero/zero seat. It looks to me like that driver would have hit hard without the advantage of having the "ground" a lot further below the carrier deck.

Desdinova721

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Posted: 2/23/2007 6:08:40 PM EDT

Originally Posted By superchief:
I think the f-16 was one of, if not the first to have a zero/zero seat.

Nope.

I actually read a story once of an underwater ejection from, ironically, an A-7 Corsair. So I wouldn't call this one last-minute.

Hoppy The one and only. Joined Apr 2003 Posts 5156 EE Offline OR, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 6:11:07 PM EDT Shit happens.
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Treadhead

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Posted: 2/23/2007 6:15:24 PM EDT

[Last Edit: 2/23/2007 6:15:56 PM EDT by Treadhead]

Originally Posted By Desdinova721:

Originally Posted By superchief:
I think the f-16 was one of, if not the first to have a zero/zero seat.

Nope.

I actually read a story once of an underwater ejection from, ironically, an A-7 Corsair. So I wouldn't call this one last-minute.

Wasn't there a flight of A-7's on the deck at Sioux City when that airliner crashed that were instructed to prepare to eject (0-0) back in the '90's?

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GunnyG

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Posted: 2/23/2007 6:48:04 PM EDT

[Last Edit: 2/23/2007 7:03:49 PM EDT by GunnyG]

Originally Posted By superchief:
I think the f-16 was one of, if not the first to have a zero/zero seat. It looks to me like that driver would have hit hard without the advantage of having the "ground" a lot further below the carrier deck.

My Dad was an AMH2 with VF-124, at NAS Moffett, when they transitioned to F-8s:

From www.vought.com/heritage/products/html/f8u-2.html
The first production F8U-2 (BuNo 145546) made its first flight one year later, on 29 August 1958 with Vought test pilot John Omvig at the controls.....The Martin-Baker F-5 fully automatic, so-called “zero-zero” (zero altitude-zero airspeed capability) ejection seat was factory installed in this model.

From www.ejectionsite.com/mkf7seat.htm

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. These photos from my friend Chris Woodul show his restored F-7 version. The major difference between the F-5 and the F-7 is the addition of the underseat rocket to give the seat zero-zero capability. Another change was the parachute pack from the soft pack to the hard pack variety seen held in the metal frame on the seat. The similar Mk. H-7 from the F-4 Phantom II utilized almost the same hard pack. The seat pan differs as well. Canopy breakers were added to the headrest to increase performance on ejection thru-canopy.....

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LWilde

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Posted: 2/23/2007 7:08:16 PM EDT

MAN OVERBOARD...MAN OVERBOARD...PORT SIDE!

Port engines STOP! LEFT full rudder....

Warn the plane guard destroyer!

Alert the Angel, man in the water off my port quarter.

Ready the rescue lifeboat.

ON THE FLIGHT DECK, all hands keep your eyes on the man!

That looks very much like a stuck throttle and no brakes!

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." Dwight D. Eisenhower

الموت للحجاج!

DrJWelch Tacticool Doc Joined Dec 2005 Posts 485 EE Offline GA, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 7:14:34 PM EDT I hope all the crewman on the deck had ALL their protective gear on. Looks like they could have a got a little burned if not.
	We'd cut them in half with a machine gun and give them a Band-Aid.

sharky30 Gigity Gigity Gigity Joined Jun 2001 Posts 13737 EE Offline NY, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 7:19:16 PM EDT Jaws theme
	Vote for freedom, not political parties http://www.ytedk.com/ Kann ich bitte ihre Papiere sehen? At least I don't try to cover it up with a wookie snatch. Well, maybe back to back. But I gotta tell you, I'm not 100% on this.

98cobra Joined Jul 2006 Posts 197 EE Offline CT, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 7:34:15 PM EDT Dam that looks like a ride.

Ranxerox911 Joined Sep 2004 Posts 483 EE Offline MD, USA	Posted: 2/23/2007 8:05:34 PM EDT Ouch, that had to hurt. Hope the pilot came through okay, a couple of seconds sooner and he would have met that E-2 coming down the Cat.

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