Probably "a long walk back to the debriefing room" (somedays, you wish you ´d stay in bed):
View: https://youtu.be/XvUGJGujVd0
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In my Air National Guard unit, “ incentive rides “ were preceded by a goodly amount of “ Egress “ training, and the how’s and why’s of cockpit etiquette… for the ( typically ) non-pilot personnel being granted the flight.
For an impending F-4E ride, I was trained in a ground based cockpit “ simulator “, to be taught the location and operation of things like the ejection seat safety pins,proper operation of ejection seat handles in the event they were needed, pilot verbal signals to prepare for ejection, operation of the ejection seat selector valve, various warning lights, canopy closing and opening procedures; et al. I was also suspended on a cable/winch system while wearing all of the aircrew clothing, shoes, helmet g-suit vest, parachute harness etc, and given training how to descend from a tree after landing in one post-ejection.
For my F-16D ( retirement ) flight, I was given similar training to the above… with the F16
“ hanging harness “ training having been updated on hardware; and including a vision and movement-based 360* descent to landing syllabus.
I should think the rear seater’s pre-flight training would have been similarly elaborate. One wonders whether something like the individual becoming fouled in an ejection seat mechanism, made any contribution to the event .
Bet there is some “ sheet metal “ damage, with repair work to be done on the top side of the jet, n’est-ce pas ?
As an aside…..wonder whether the ejectee will thank the “ Parachute Shop “ with the traditional bottle of booze, for his having been treated to a successful parachute ride ! Haaa !!
With regards,
357Mag
