Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:38 pm
One of the stories I heard of this aircraft in my youth was an incident where for some reason a pilot had continual flame-outs and ejected at quite a high altitude in a thunderstorm.
The result was that he got dragged up in the thermals by his canopy and was battered with hail etc etc until being dumped beaten up and very bruised a half hour later or more many miles from the point of ejection. Made the papers over in UK in the early(?) sixties.
Anyone verify this?
The result was that he got dragged up in the thermals by his canopy and was battered with hail etc etc until being dumped beaten up and very bruised a half hour later or more many miles from the point of ejection. Made the papers over in UK in the early(?) sixties.
Anyone verify this?
Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:06 pm
I too remember playing on an aircraft in a park as a kid - we had a swept wing F-84! Wow, imagine my surprise when I discovered that the plane had not been scrapped but was restored and on display at the Hill Field Museum! I was unaware of how rare the swept wing model was.
Back to the Cutlass - I note that many report on the plane include an infamous habit of the nose wheel collapsing on landing - usually taking the pilot with the expiring aircraft
Tom P.
Back to the Cutlass - I note that many report on the plane include an infamous habit of the nose wheel collapsing on landing - usually taking the pilot with the expiring aircraft
Tom P.