(Ditch) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Did the Maryland L-39 have functioning ejectioning seats? Most L-39's
I've seen up close and personal in Marathon and Orlando did not.

If you are smart, you would have the hot seats.

No argument there. But for whatever reason few (if any) L-39's that
I've seen have them.

I know of one guy in Florida who had the ejection seats removed and put in
leather seats because the "ejection seats are too uncomfortable". What a
dumbass. He won't be thinking that when his engine flames out and he has no
where to go.

Apparently there was also one guy in Maryland who had the ejection
seats removed.

Military airplanes are not designed for crashing.

Right. Kinda' gives ya' a warm fuzzy feeling all over knowing that
civilian airplanes ARE designed for crashing, huh?

-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*

Friends don't let friends fly metal airplanes.

-Mike Marron