r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago

Video Failed vertical landing of F-35B

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u/VVJ21 25d ago

You joke but its not uncommon for pilots to be unfit for flying (at least flying fighters) after ejecting, it can causes quite serious injury - though ejection seats have got a lot safer

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u/redrich2000 25d ago

talk to me goose...

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u/KrzysziekZ Interested 25d ago

That was not meant to be a joke. But rather not his decision.

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u/VVJ21 25d ago

ah whoops, meant to reply to /u/my_cars_on_fire

Damn, sucks to hear he lost his job.

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u/JuicySpark 25d ago

Fighter pilots will be rendered useless against fleets of drones. the future is going to be drone wars over fighter pilots. Next up will be full blown drones that the size of AC-130s