This is certainly "aviation" and "military" - but I'm not so sure about the
"rec" part.

Came across this on another newsgroup and thought some might like to see
this excellent photo of the USAF Thunderbird #6. The photo of the ejection
was taken from the control tower at Mountain Home AFB, ID (wint a 300 mm
lens) less than one second before impact.

http://www.avweb.com/newspics/DavisTbirdEject.jpg

Full story (and awesome video) he

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/10_06a.../186633-1.html

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/10_05a.../186582-1.html

Tony