Bubba Yugga
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- Midwestern Ontario
Pilot's up front. The other's ballast.
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Pilot's up front. The other's ballast.
Then he's weighed down like a Spanish Gold ship.
The ejection seat might malfunction if the time came.
Apparently (and I am no expert!) the rocket that provides ejection assumes a certain centre of gravity (or can adjust accordingly for the weight of the 'passenger' in the seat) ..... if you fall outside the weight parameters there is a possibility of the centre of gravity not being accomodated properly and the whole works can spin as it ejects .... (some one said "like a catharine wheel") which impedes the parachute lines....probably makes one a little dizzy in addition to the significant compression that all those 'g's will apply (particularly to a 'large' guy - or gal!).
(speaking of Spanish gold -- betcha all that high speed spinning will empty your pockets of any change you might have -
I had a small D Day commemorative shoot at the range today. I chose a 1942 Long Branch, a 1943 vintage 03A3 Springfield, a Remington Rand M1911A1 and my late uncle's personal issue S&W Pre-Victory which he carried from Normandy through to VE Day.
Has guns. But I don't see a bomb bay door. Looks like post war colours.
Rear seat goes first only if he listened closely to the briefing. When I got a ride in the back seat of a 104D back in the early 70’s, the briefing went like “If things go really bad and it’s time bail out, I’ll shout out the words Eject, Eject, Eject, very loudly and very quickly. If you say “what”, you’ll be talking to yourself.
Bubba Yugga
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Midwestern Ontario
Especially since those razor blades stuck to the sides of a Starfighter offer the glide ratio of a concrete duck...
Looking at those, i came to the conclusion the F 104 flew with the equivalent of two sheets of plywood.
Grizz
Donny Fenn1
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I think it's a screen capture from a video game?
Bubba Yugga
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Midwestern Ontario
Looking at those, i came to the conclusion the F 104 flew with the equivalent of two sheets of plywood.
Grizz
Except plywood doesn't slice your forehead when you reach for the wheel chocks!
I remember seeing the Lancasters being flown by 408 Sqn out of Cold lake in the late 1950s. We used to go fishing east of there in SK and saw them quite often.
The RCAF reserve operated B-25 Mitchells out of Saskatoon and Edmonton in the same timeframe. They were a treat to see. A few yrs ago I bought a ride in the restored B-25, "Maid in the Shade" flown by the Commemorative Air Force and got to play tail gunner with wooden guns as I flew over my house and fought off the Jap Zeros.
The B-25 will be in Penticton again this summer and I might have to weaken. Note to self; take the ear defenders out of your shooting box. Those things are really noisy.
The RCAF reserve operated B-25 Mitchells out of Saskatoon and Edmonton in the same timeframe. They were a treat to see. A few yrs ago I bought a ride in the restored B-25, "Maid in the Shade" flown by the Commemorative Air Force and got to play tail gunner with wooden guns as I flew over my house and fought off the Jap Zeros.
The B-25 will be in Penticton again this summer and I might have to weaken. Note to self; take the ear defenders out of your shooting box. Those things are really noisy.
