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Presentation by Braedin Butler. Super Sonic Saints 2 John Bytheway. “SIR! I’M ON FIRE!” Gordon H. Weed - Cessna A-37. Bombing Mission in Vietnam Takes ground fire Plane catches fire Wingman says he shouldn’t eject Turns off all electric systems He would have been badly burned .
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Presentation by Braedin Butler Super Sonic Saints 2John Bytheway
“SIR! I’M ON FIRE!”Gordon H. Weed -Cessna A-37 • Bombing Mission in Vietnam • Takes ground fire • Plane catches fire • Wingman says he shouldn’t eject • Turns off all electric systems • He would have been badly burned
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWO!Thales A. “Tad” Derrick - F-100 Super Sabre • 2 Planes Struck by Lightning in flight • Everything inside the planes goes crazy • All communications lost • Faced with two choices: • Eject • Plane would go down in a village • Try to land the plane safely • Very dangerous to the pilot
THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUTDavid Wassink – CH-53D Helicopter • Number one generator drops off the line • Tries calling the tower • Second generator drops off • Completely dark without Instruments • Auxiliary power plant (APP) • Not a briefed practice • Reset the number two generator
SOLOJanine K. Garner – Beechcraft T-34C Mentor • First solo flight • Lost in the middle of no where • Can’t get any radio response • Says a small prayer • Immediately gets a radio response • Receives a new heading
MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!Fred Wilson – F-4 Phantom • Low level training mission • Bird strike • Pilot unconscious • Copilot lands the plane • (Hard to do in the backseat) • Landed safely • Pilot is ok after a few surgeries
PREPARE EVERY NEEDFUL THINGMilton R. Sanders – T-38 Talon • Demonstrating a single engine landing • Touch and go procedure • Hears a buzzing noise • Plane yaws to the side • Too fast to stop • Aborts procedure • Barely stops at end of runway
I’LL FLY WITH YOU ANYWHEREKen Swain – Boeing 737-200 • Setting up for landing • Pilot adds 30 knots • 20 knots already added • Copilot says too fast to get on the ground • Plane hits a microburst • Slams down hard but safely