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Kip Powick Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I have flown a lot of "whiz-bang" aircraft but the Canadian F-86 Mk6 is one of the two I really wanted to get some time in. The other was the Spitfire........ but alas, it wasn't going to happen.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo32a Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I know a guy who ejected out of an F86, he never flew again due to back problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Probably the "old style seats" which were basically just a stick of dynamite that shot you up the rails and out of the aircraft. During my pilot training we all had to do that procedure while strapped in a seat and we were blown up the rails, (on a tower), with only about 1/2 charge to show us what would happen..........and then along came "ROKAT" seats, (not the proper name), and apparently it was a much smoother exit...... Fortunately I never had to leave an aircraft in such a hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDR Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 I knew a guy who ejected 3 times from an F86, (twice in one week) and retired ay 60 from AC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 hours ago, GDR said: I knew a guy who ejected 3 times from an F86, (twice in one week) From the same one? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) I flew with a captain from Texas who wore two silkworm pins on his uniform jacket - both earned from bailing out of an F86 when the engine fire warning went off. I recall him saying that the engines in the USAF versions were total crap and that when they got a fire warning, they had about five seconds to get out of it before becoming part of a roman candle. Edited February 14 by J.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W5 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 11 hours ago, J.O. said: I flew with a captain from Texas who wore two silkworm pins on his uniform jacket - both earned from bailing out of an F86 when the engine fire warning went off. I recall him saying that the engines in the USAF versions were total crap and that when they got a fire warning, they had about five seconds to get out of it before becoming part of a roman candle. Sounds more like the F84 in those cases, the J65 engine was notorious. The advice on the fire warning light was: "Count out loud to ten, and if you haven't blown up by then, you should be OK. And you'll sound really cool on the radio" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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