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362436 (Ron) wrote:



I rather like the F-106 that landed in snow intact after the ejection, and was
trucked out and flown again.

Ron

Must be damned hard on that pilot's sense of self-worth eh?...

--

-Gord.

Not really. It was in "an uncontrollable flat spin". The ejection itself allowed
a recovery by pushing down the nose, but at the cost of losing the carbon based
stick actuator.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/mf30.htm

Bob McKellar