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If anything goes wrong during a manoevre like that, he's too low to eject. They (and he) must have been very, very confident that it was going to work.You would think a couple of the ground crew could have assisted regards alignment one in front and one at right angles, oh I forgot they were hiding, such bravery, such camaraderie! par for the course I suppose
Kudos to that pilot, one slip of the controls and it could have been far worse, and as for the crew taking cover, they needed to, if the thing crashed onto the deck, having jet engine parts flying about along with fuel and fire, yeah, I'd be hiding behind a bulkhead door too...
Not strictly true on a Harrier really, i've seen ejections from a harrier on the ground and the height attained easily opens the parachute and the pilot survives.If anything goes wrong during a manoevre like that, he's too low to eject. They (and he) must have been very, very confident that it was going to work.
I saw them at airshows a few times in the 80s and early 90s - they are impressive aircraft. But the best thing that I ever saw at an airshow was the Vulcan (think I saw it at Abingdon a few times).Not strictly true on a Harrier really, i've seen ejections from a harrier on the ground and the height attained easily opens the parachute and the pilot survives.
Sorry I cannot agree with you, there would be much less chance of pilot error leading to an accident if ground crew did assist
In this part of the world I see very, very little in the way of military aircraft. I've seen Mirage 2000s *twice* in the 10 years I've been living here and nothing else. I grew up in Oxfordshire: I saw all sorts of things (British and US) when I was there. My school was even on the flightpath for the London flypast for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of BritainLooking forward to seeing the vulcan at RAF Waddington this Saturday.
In this part of the world I see very, very little in the way of military aircraft. I've seen Mirage 2000s *twice* in the 10 years I've been living here and nothing else.
United Airlines Flight 232a similar event happened to a passenger plane, and they failed to control it, resulting in a lot of deaths, although quite a few survived, including the expert attempting the flying, as the plane broke apart, on landing.