Subdeacon Joe Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Partial ejection from an A-6. As explained by Gallagher, when the pilot moved the stick forward: “ I felt the familiar sensation of negative “G”, and then something strange happened: my head touched the canopy. For a brief moment I thought that I had failed to tighten my lap belts, but I knew that wasn’t true. Before I could complete that thought, there was a loud bang, followed by wind, noise, disorientation and more wind, wind, wind. Confusion reigned in my mind as I was forced back against my seat, head against the headrest, arms out behind me, the wind roaring in my head, pounding against my body. “Did the canopy blow off? Did I eject? Did my windscreen implode?” All of these questions occurred to me amidst the pandemonium in my mind and over my body. These questions were quickly answered, and replaced by a thousand more, as I looked down and saw a sight that I will never forget: the top of the canopy, close enough to touch, and through the canopy I could see the top of my pilot’s helmet. It took a few moments for this image to sink into my suddenly overloaded brain. This was worse than I ever could have imagined – I was sitting on top of a flying A-6!” Someone's Guardian Angel was sweating bullets and working overtime.
DocWard Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 Yeah, that's the whole bad day / good day conundrum right there. A good day because he made it through safe.
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 7, 2014 Posted August 7, 2014 "I was sitting on top of a flying A-6!” Better than sitting on top of a crashing A-6.
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 7, 2014 Author Posted August 7, 2014 "I was sitting on top of a flying A-6!” Better than sitting on top of a crashing A-6. Gotta point there, Bob.
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