F15 CRASHES IN SEA OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD YORKSHIRE

[mrclark303]

I've been in the unusual position to witness a double ejection...

International Air Tattoo at Fairford in 1993, when two Mig 29's collided.

I can still clearly see in mind's eye one Mig slice straight through the other, right behind the cockpit, they were low enough to see both pilots eject....

One pilot having to wait while the cockpit section collapsed underneath the airframe, until he saw sky and banged out.

They were very low at the time.

Fortunately, both pilots landed 'ok' with mainly a bruised pride....

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[GeeRam]

I've been in the unusual position to witness a double ejection...

International Air Tattoo at Fairford in 1993, when two Mig 29's collided.

I can still clearly see in mind's eye one Mig slice straight through the other, right behind the cockpit, they were low enough to see both pilots eject....

One pilot having to wait while the cockpit section collapsed underneath the airframe, until he saw sky and banged out.

They were very low at the time.

Fortunately, both pilots landed 'ok' with mainly a bruised pride....

I was there too, they 'hit' right in front of where I was standing......

The crowd just went silent......millisecs later all you could here was the clatter of hundreds of motordrives clattering into action......

Legend has it that the pilot that got hit, returned the compliment by way of his fists when they both met back on the ground.....

I believe the worst injury was the Belgian airforce guy that fell off the C-130 that was parked airside when it looked like one of the MiG's was heading his way into the airside hard standing area.