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>> its important to be wing level. it really helps your chance of survival. you put any bank on the airplane, it lessens, especially in a low level environment. were making sure we were wings level before we ejected. >> the pilots try to restart one last time. >> try to get a relight going. >> okay. >> with time running out, hutt 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. s...

Minor injuries, and captain hutt cheated death by only the slimmest margin. >> i was probably doing about 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 the small bird in the wreckage. its a franklin gold, common to the air field, but generally too small to do this much damage. so it makes sense when investigators find that it isnt the only t...

Student pilot is flying so we have that for debrief later. >> among the maneuvers pilots practice is the touch and go. thats when a pilot touches wheels down briefly then returns to the air in one fell swoop without stopping. 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 hutt supervises a touch and go performed by a british pilot during training. >> a fully winged pilot, just getting a familiarization...

With more altitude, their parachutes will have more time to deploy. hutt has one other thing going for him. >> at the end of the mission, the fuel state was low, so the aircraft was light. i had that advantage. >> with altitude gains, hutt tries restarting the engine. >> restart. >> no luck. and now they have another problem. theyve lost too much speed. >> because i was too aggressive with that initial climb, my air speed bled quickly and i was basically trying to keep the airplane flying. if th...

Destroyed. but both pie plots survive the violent ejection process. >> this has a miniature detonating cord above you which literally explodes the canopy above your head so the seat can go through faster. i remember one of the biggest memories of the whole event was this big white flash right in my face. it felt like i exploded myself. then that seat goes up through, up to 20 g acceleration. the ejection force itself, i really remembered a strong pain in the small of my back. and when the chute ...

Destroyed but both pilots survive the violent ejection process. >> in our case, with this airplane, there is a minature 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 ver...