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Big John
January 19th 04, 05:05 PM
C.J.

>Although he got out all right and he saw his EWO's chute open, he never saw
>the EWO again.

The FB-111 had an ejection capsule and crew did not have individual
parachutes.

Big JOhn
Pilot ROCAF

Tom Sixkiller
January 19th 04, 06:07 PM
"Big John" > wrote in message
...
> C.J.
>
> >Although he got out all right and he saw his EWO's chute open, he never
saw
> >the EWO again.
>
> The FB-111 had an ejection capsule and crew did not have individual
> parachutes.
>

The crew did not remain in the ejection capsule, did they? Once free of the
aircraft, didn't they separate from the capsule?

G.R. Patterson III
January 19th 04, 07:32 PM
Tom Sixkiller wrote:
>
> The crew did not remain in the ejection capsule, did they?

They stay in the capsule. http://www.f-111.net/ejection.htm

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