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Wheels down briefly and then returns to the air in one fell swoop. for fighter pilots, the maneuver is routine, one that can save their lives, if a landing must be aborted for any reason. in may, 2004 -- captain hut super vises a touch and go formed bay british pilot during the training. >> he was a fully winged pilot. he was getting familiarization. >> once they complete the touch and go, hut takes over. >> i said, okay, hes been flying for a year and a half. i have to have at least a minute on...

Survive the violent ejection process. >> in our case, with this airplane, there is a minimum detonating cord that explodes the canopy around your head so the seat can can go through faster. its a big huge explosion. i remember one of the biggest memories of the whole event was the big white flash right in my face. it felt like i exploded myself. then the seat goes up to 20 g acceleration as it takes you up the rail. the ejection force itself, i really remembered it very strong pain in my back an...

All i was thinking about is making sure wings were level before we ejected. >> the pilots try to restart one last time. >> going to try to get a restart going. >> okay. >> okay. engine is stopped. >> with time running out, hut prepares to eject. his last task is to aim the jet where it will do the least harm when it crashes. >> i took a quick look around to see where the airplane was going. straight ahead looked good. set the throttle back to idle. we were ready and the ground was coming up pret...

Gear up and no runway in front of you, the option of putting the aircraft on the ground is gone. >> with no thrust from his only engine, hut has only one option. >> when that bird went in the engine, i knew i had to eject and i was just not looking forward to doing it. the ejection system is designed to get your body away from the crash site. youre not expected to get out of the situation unscathed. its a very violent thing. i know pretty well every situation where two people have ejected out of...

The fuel state is low so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gained, hut tries restarting the engine. no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if the airplanes fly too slow, they stall. >> a stalled plane has no lift and falls out of the control. to prevent that, hut drops his right wing, trading altitude for air speed. the jet com...

Survival. when you put any bank on the airplane, it lessens, especially in a low level environment. all i was making sure is that we were wing level before we ejected. >> the pilots try to restart one last time. >> going to try to get a restart going. >> okay. >> okay. engine is stopped. >> with time running out, hut prepares to eject. his last has being is to aim the jet where it will do the least harm when it crashes. >> i took a quick look around to see where the airplane was going. straight ...

>> among the movements that they practice is touch and go. thats when a pilot touches wheels down briefly and then returns to the air in one fell swoop. one that can change their lives if a landing can needs to be aborted for any reason. in may 2004, captain hut soup advises a touch and go formed by a british pilot during training. >> he was a fully winged pilot. he was getting familiarization. >> hut takes over. >> i said, okay, hes been flying for a year and a half. i can had at least a minute...

The jets engine. >> when you have the landing gear up and no runway in front of you, all of the thrust is gone. >> with no thrust from his only engine, hut has only one option. >> when that bird went in the engine, i knew i had to eject and i was just not looking forward to doing it. the ejection system is designed to get your body away from the crash site. youre not expected to get out of the situation unscathed. its a very violent thing. i know pretty well every situation where two people have...

>> having bitter luck, the british pilot escapes with only minor injuries and captain hut cheats death by only the slimmest margin. >> i was probably doing 33 feet per second when i hit the ground and all the data out there says that anything more than about 35 feet per second is probably a fatal rate. >> so what went wrong? investigators find the wing of a small bird in the wreckage. its a franklins gull, common to the air field but generally too small to do this much damage so it makes sense w...

Chances for survival. with more altitude, their parachutes will have more time to deploy. hut has one other thing going for him. >> the fuel state was low so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gained, hut tries restarting the engine. no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if they fly too slow, they stall. >> a stalled plane has ...