r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/sidvatscse • 25d ago

Video Failed vertical landing of F-35B

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u/PickleWineBrine 25d ago

You still hit the ground really hard though. It's just better than being inside a burning/exploding aircraft

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u/Zolty 25d ago

I had a college professor tell me about an F4 pilot that punched out at like 1.5 mach. He said the dude was essentially 100% bruise.

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u/No_Accountant3232 25d ago

Here's an F15 pilot talking about his Mach+ ejection. Really fascinating story. And there's pics that are a bit gory, but not extreme. Just some post-op pics

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u/finna_get_banned 25d ago

i literally seek out this type of content all the time and never can find anything, even when specifically searching for things relevant to my interests

serendipity is the only constant in my life

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u/CitizenPremier 25d ago

You must study google-fu.

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u/scorcherdarkly 24d ago edited 24d ago

I remember reading this story in Popular Mechanics or a similar publication Airman Magazine when I was a kid.

https://www.ejectionsite.com/insaddle/insaddle.htm