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Old November 15th 04, 06:07 PM
rottenberg
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Default F-14 Ejector Seat fatality circa 1987

In George Hall's "Top Gun", the author refers to a fatal mishap
involving aviators deplaning from an F-14 that had just landed when
the ejector seats suddenly went off. According to Hall, both pilots
were killed, but he had no explanation for why the seats fired. I'm
guessing that they were improperly safed. Does anybody know about
this incident? Hall's book appeared around 1987, and I think he
mentioned the incident occurring on the carrier Enterprise.