An Interesting Failure Analysis - Ejection Seat Failure

[Marc]

http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_se...al_aspects.htm

[JaySturgeon]

And I thought I had a tough day at the office......right!

[Marc]

Yup - it's an interesting example.

[Claes Gefvenberg]

Wow.... The investigation was very interesting, but the actual... can I call it "mishap"? Good Grief... That was one very interesting piece of reading...

/Claes

[nancy chen]

Hoo!
It is very interesting!

Originally Posted by Claes Gefvenberg

Wow.... The investigation was very interesting, but the actual... can I call it "mishap"? Good Grief... That was one very interesting piece of reading...
/Claes

As one who spent some time in the rear seat with a parachute strapped to my behind, (and carrier landings), I can appreciate dealing with a situation that suddenly got ugly. Never had the occasion to bail out, my worst nightmare, but you would do it. Our chances were 50/50 that after we went over the side, we would crawl low enough to the bottom of the fuselage (hand holds for that purpose) to escape torque prop wash that will pick you off and air mail you into the horizontal stabilizer, tail or worse yet, a pitot tube used to measure air speed. Like a kabob. If you deployed your chute in that zone, very good possibility you would become a tow target. The Navy pilots I've met are like machines. They do what instincts and training make them do. I respected every single on of them I flew with. Very good relationship to have considering that they have your life, too, in their very capable hands.

Not wishing to derail the thread, I have to add something for our Marine and Army veterans. None of this really compares to being "On Point".

[Randy Stewart]

I think the comparison is valid. I'm not a fighter pilot, but I have walked point before. The instincts, senses, quick thinking, and training must be very similar. With the main thing being, you don't learn it from a book!

[db]

Not wishing to derail the thread

Too late

I think the comparison is valid. I'm not a fighter pilot, but I have walked point before. The instincts, senses, quick thinking, and training must be very similar. With the main thing being, you don't learn it from a book!

I was on point once during a night training exercise. I heard the bolt of an M-60 go forward. It was probably the loudest and coldest sound I had ever heard. I knew that had this been real, I would just have been..........