Kingsville T-45 down

[Swanee]

Both guys got out okay.

http://www.caller.com/news/2012/may/30/officials-searching-two-pilots-ejected-during-trai/

 

[bunk22]

Yeah, I flew with the stud earlier in the day. Glad they got out safely.

 

[JD81]

Glad they're ok, as a taller/larger individual my greatest fear was having to get out of that tiny jet and go through the glass.

 

[MasterBates]

Yeah. I was sure I was getting a callsign of "stumpy" or "peg leg" if I punched out of an A model.. C model is not much bigger, but just enough to make me comfortable.

 

[Harrier Dude]

Yeah. I was sure I was getting a callsign of "stumpy" or "peg leg" if I punched out of an A model.. C model is not much bigger, but just enough to make me comfortable.

You should've tried the TA-4J. The first time it really sank in that I'd lose my legs in an ejection was on the deck of the JFK during CQ.

Probably not the most productive thing to be contemplating while getting fuel.

 

[MasterBates]

Having been in a TA-4, I think I would have stood a better chance of being OK in it.

Narrower, but longer. Neither was roomy.

 

[707guy]

Glad they both got out and are ok.

 

[scoober78]

Yeah. I was sure I was getting a callsign of "stumpy" or "peg leg" if I punched out of an A model.. C model is not much bigger, but just enough to make me comfortable.

I have no idea at all how the hell you fit in this thing Master...

Glad to hear everyone got out OK.

 

[Harrier Dude]

Having been in a TA-4, I think I would have stood a better chance of being OK in it.

Narrower, but longer. Neither was roomy.

I've never flown in the T-45, but I sat in it once. I thought it was roomier, but maybe it's just my proportions. My biggest problem anthropometriclly was butt to knee length. My sitting height is actually normal to low.

Either way, I'm glad I never had to punch out of either of them.

The Harrier has much more room.