• 21Cabbage
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    1 year ago

    Wasn’t it the force of the ejection seat that pulled it out of it’s spin too?

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      1 year ago

      A lot of times they will eventually pull themselves out of the spin without any interaction from the pilot. The question is if that will happen before the pilot is unconscious or dead from the G forces which is why they still eject when it happens.

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        Can’t vouch for it but I’ve read you only get 3 ejections before you’re medically discharged because it compresses your spine pretty badly

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          1 year ago

          I can’t imagine they’d want to keep the guy who crashed three planes either.

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              I mean, I figure even if they all were ‘act of god’ type accidents that’s the amount of bad luck where you really should start giving it weight. I’m reminded of how the guy who set the record for most lightning strikes survived got really paranoid about clouds later in life.

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            Yea the medical discharge might just be the excuse to get rid of the pilot that burned half a billion in crashed planes and recovery efforts for them

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        I think if the flat spin was a cheap solved problem than one of the most expensive projects ever undertaken probably wouldn’t have it.