In article <0efiidpi6tl3hcg0doqll9ljr1ddvbf4v4@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>Miloch, your post on the B-1B ejection system failure resulted in my
>coming across this article on the testing of the B-58 Hustler ejection
>pods using bears.
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>How Americans used drugged BEARS to test ejector seats
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>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2251548/Drugged-strapped-ejector-seat-BEARS-used-fighter-jet-test-pilots-Cold-War.html
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That's the advantage of flying helicopters...no parachutes needed...unless you
auto-rotate into some power lines...like two of my flight school classmates
during a cross country exercise.
Lost their engine and hit some high voltage power lines on the way
down...crashed losing both their lives. You could actually hear their screams
over the radio just before impact...chilling!
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