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Old 01-24-2004, 09:33 AM
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Default In Cockpit Video of F-16 pilot ejecting for those of you who might be interested...

About a 4MB file.

"Captain Chris Stricklin ejected safely during the "Gunfighter Skies 2003" air show at Mountain Home AFB (50 miles south of Boise, Idaho).

Apparently, Stricklin misinterpreted his altitude and initiated his Split-S maneuver 800 feet lower than he should have. Full story here.

This shot shows Stricklin ejecting just 140 feet above the ground - 0.8 seconds before impact."
<img src="http://tknowlogy.com/TknoFlyer/misc/030915%20Thunderbird%20Ejection/Additional%20Shots/Large/t-bird-6-front-ejectmod%20(large).jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.razorsedgesoft.com/eject.mpg">Right click and save to disk before playing</a></li></ul>
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WOW. Thank you.
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No apparent panic at all, just get the plane level and get the **** out
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looks like he started loop to soon and was about to auger in
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lessee, $20M plane+$$Mill more training+miss-calc in altitude=desk job in D.C.
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He forgot to set his altimeter from the training site of 3K to the display site of 1.5K ft
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that'll do it
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