Wasn’t it the force of the ejection seat that pulled it out of it’s spin too?
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.
If that’s true, that’s wild. Those seats are insane, it’s amazing people can survive them.
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
I can’t imagine they’d want to keep the guy who crashed three planes either.
That’s why you throw away half of the resumes from applicants. You don’t want to hire unlucky people.
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.
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
I can think of about 5 very cheap ways this is a solved problem at least at close range. Maybe 1000km.
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.
Finding the plane seems to be a solved problem. Flat spin not so much.
Lmao, I’d love more info on this incident