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Presentation by Braedin Butler. Super Sonic Saints 2 John Bytheway. “SIR! I’M ON FIRE!” Gordon H. Weed - Cessna A-37. Bombing Mission in Vietnam Takes ground fire Plane catches fire Wingman says he shouldn’t eject Turns off all electric systems He would have been badly burned . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Super Sonic Saints 2John Bytheway
Presentation by Braedin Butler
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“SIR! I’M ON FIRE!”Gordon H. Weed - Cessna A-37
Bombing Mission in Vietnam
Takes ground fire Plane catches fire Wingman says he
shouldn’t eject Turns off all electric
systems He would have
been badly burned
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LIGHTNING STRIKES TWO!Thales A. “Tad” Derrick - F-100 Super Sabre
2 Planes Struck by Lightning in flight
Everything inside the planes goes crazy
All communications lost Faced with two choices:
Eject▪ Plane would go down in a
village Try to land the plane safely ▪ Very dangerous to the pilot
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THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUTDavid Wassink – CH-53D Helicopter
Number one generator drops off the line Tries calling the tower
Second generator drops off Completely dark without
Instruments Auxiliary power plant
(APP) Not a briefed practice
Reset the number two generator
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SOLOJanine K. Garner – Beechcraft T-34C Mentor
First solo flight Lost in the middle
of no where Can’t get any radio
response Says a small prayer
Immediately gets a radio response
Receives a new heading
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MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!Fred Wilson – F-4 Phantom
Low level training mission
Bird strike Pilot unconscious Copilot lands the plane
(Hard to do in the backseat)
Landed safely Pilot is ok after a few
surgeries
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PREPARE EVERY NEEDFUL THINGMilton R. Sanders – T-38 Talon
Demonstrating a single engine landing
Touch and go procedure Hears a buzzing noise Plane yaws to the side
Too fast to stop Aborts procedure Barely stops at end of
runway
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I’LL FLY WITH YOU ANYWHEREKen Swain – Boeing 737-200
Setting up for landing Pilot adds 30 knots
20 knots already added Copilot says too fast
to get on the ground Plane hits a
microburst Slams down hard but
safely