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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, he's been flying for a year and a half. i have to have at least a minute on the stick, so that's when i did the touch and go. >> but then both pilots are rocked by what happe...

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. it's 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 and when the chute opened up again, it was just a reconfirmed the pain in my back. i hit the ground p...

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 pretty fast, so it was time to go. >> are you ready? >> i am ready. >> okay. prepare to abandon the airc...

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. you're not expected to get out of the situation unscathed. it's a very violent thing. i know pretty well every situation where two people have ejected out of the same plane, at least one of them is hurt, if not fatally. >> hut takes advantage of the speed...

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. they've 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 computer warns that their gear is not down for landing. with the ground approaching rapidly, hut must ...