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From what I heard from guys who flew the F-14 In a spin with the F-14 the canopy would hover a little over the 2 seats during a sequence ejection if the aircraft was in a spin The seats come out very quickly with the rear seat going out first Hence that seat hitting the hovering canopy and breaking the neck of that officer Later on after several spin incidents the crews were told to manually Jettison the canopy in a spin, wait then eject I got this from the book Top Gun
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In the movie Top Gun Goose is killed when he hit the canopy on ejection. We’re the devil’s horns not in use in the 1980’s or was that part of the artistic license to fill in a story plot line?
John
Clyde: Do you really use that seat as an office chair or is it part of the decor? Looks uncomfortable as Hell but maybe you experience more g forces at your desk than I do! 😉 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2024, at 1:36 AM, Anthony Bauco <tbauco [at] gmail.com> wrote:
I thought you flew off of a carrier?
I was USAF We don’t have Top Gun it’s a Navy School We have Fighter Weapons School I am a graduate Clyde Romero
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I'm curious. How many of you guys attended "Top Gun"?
It was a Fallon, But it was a BGAW (Battle Group Air Warfare Commander, Surface Navy, Cruiser Skipper) on a Demo ride.
Didn't know where to put his hands... Held onto the wrong thing, Pilot went inverted (cabin check), he flinched and pulled to stay in the seat. Bye-bye. Good chute, few scratches on his face and walked away.
Yea I heard it was at Fallon and it was a civilian who thought he was adjusting the seat when he pulled the lower handle
When I gave rides I always checked the valve to make sure it was in the single position
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I'm sure you know what this was... And why we let the RIO punch his own ticket or the Pilot could initiate both. Ooops.
The RIO could rotate the handle and make a dual or just him ejecting Most crews left it in the dual mode It was the safest way to fly in my opinion These were in the D model. Did you have a mode change on the ejection sequence? You know I wondered about hat with regards to canopy breakers But I have to tell you that explosive charge that blew that canopy clear was something else I don’t know what that thing weighed but I bet it isn’t light Too funny, Col Graves. He could punch out through the sky-light in his office. Ick, Clyde... that thing doesn't look comfortable at all. A lot of advancements between the MB-7 and the GRU-7A I sat in. This is the early version. Later versions (after I left) had the canopy breakers (devil's horns) just in case. Make sure that all you pins/sears are in and the Banana Links are clear before you sit in it Clyde!!! Luke It’s a functioning seat minus the rocket motors and O2 bottles The parachute is right behind you You attach yourself to it with a harness along with wearing a horse collar life vest
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