Date:         Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:01:07 -0600
Reply-To:     "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
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From:         "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
Organization: Condor Efficiency
Subject:      F/Re: Motor Theory For Dummies: Air Force Ejections/Navy Landings
Comments: To: Jerry Hart <harte@BVSD.K12.CO.US>
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> When the old fire goes out and your engine stops
> turnin' and burnin', you can't just pull your Phantom over to the side
> of the cloud, park and pull out the manual. You have to do your
> troubleshooting quickly and accurately or you have to jettison the
> airplane and spend the next six months filling out paperwork equivalent to the gross >weight of the aircraft.

Jerry,
Good instructions sir, however I must theorize that you are of the Air
Force persuasion, as in my Navy training I was trained similarly, but
with a heavy spin towards:
"Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing" mentality.
Now my question, (purely in search of knowledge of course), does the
Air-Force classify surface-impact of an ejected F-4 as a "landing"?
Regards
Mark B. Magee
87GL
82 Diesel Westy
Kemah TX USA
JOH 14:6