A surprise company outing to an air base caused a 64-year-old French man so much stress that he flung himself from a fighter jet in midair, grabbing the ejector button in a panic and tumbling through the skies above France before landing in a field.
The man had been surprised by employees at his firm, who had organized a joyride in a Dassault Rafale B jet for him as a treat.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...ntl/index.html
I'm just imagining the pilot trying to fly that jet without a canopy.
Just imagine what was going through his mind when he heard the noise of the passenger ejecting and not yet knowing what had happened.Originally Posted by GearFondler
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
Ejector Button eh? The media could have spent 30 seconds and did some research instead of saying something so silly.
That had to be quite the ride for both of those dudes.
Other than the few times I've flown skydivers, I've always made it a point to land with the same amount of people I took off with. That's a bad day.
Why do we think it was an accident?
For a little more background and significantly more laughs, read this account from -- of all places -- Car and Driver:
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...r-jet-joyride/
Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?
I have always loved C&D writing—which often punches way above the typical magazine-level weight class.
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