Well, I've flown in a B-24. In the bomb bay and up front over the front wheel there are places one can simply step down and crash through light panel material into space. No parachute for you there my boy.
They had one person up front watching the break away panel over the wheel and zero people watching the bomb bay. They simply expected you to remember when they said "Don't do that, you will die!" and maybe to notice the red and white stripey painting saying beware.
Of course, you could also just lean too far out the waist gunner positions.
@absinthe006: If I remember right, the nose gear door can be pushed open with pretty minimal effort, too. Been several years since I was in a B-24. #ejectionseat
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If that plane has Zero-Zero ejection seats, 'unharmed' may not be an entirely accurate descriptor of the ejectee, depending on how good his back was before the incident. #ejectionseat
@FightingChance: Yeah, I hear you can only make, like, a couple ejections in your life with these, or else you'll basically collapse your spine. #ejectionseat
@Gordonium: Well, what's worse is that the experience is so traumatic that once a pilot ejects he never wants to do it again. Ejection seats are meant to save lives and as such many times you end up with a few bruises and/or broken bones. #ejectionseat
@Bigbadbikernerd: Well... Yeah?
In my defense, my screen is really big and it's also my TV. Never brushed your teeth in front of the TV before? It's common practice here in the Netherlands.
Together with cannibalism and smoking pot. #ejectionseat
I wonder how many more G's they can pull off with the unmanned version. I couldn't really see a Predator drone doing especially great in a dog-fight, since it looks like it's modeled after a glider, but the Sabre's specs put it squarely in fighter-jet range (if my childhood obsession with jets and flight simulators serves me right). #sabrewarrior
its funny how even though this is the latest in technology, this video couldn't feel more 80's (almost like a video out of the movie Top Gun). #sabrewarrior
Your military industrial complex at work ladies and gentleman. Too bad this does nothing against some guy in a turban with C4 strapped to his chest. #sabrewarrior
@Super Moose: Taliban laughs at this fancy space ship (for all intents and purposes)
Seriously, aren't all the wars we are currently in Boots-on-the-ground type engagements? How the heck is this going to deal with Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, or prevent genocide in Darfur, or piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Maybe it'll help blow up nuke plants in Iran and North Korea, but not much else. #sabrewarrior
Yay! More really cool technology for us to continue pointless killing. More to the point, really cool plane. Regardless of how I feel about the government's budget and our soldiers fighting overseas, I'll support anything that helps them do their jobs and keep them safer, especially if it's cool looking. #sabrewarrior
Hate to say it, but this IS the future...chances are the F-22 & F-35 are going to be the last manned fighter aircraft we develop. Practically every large country on earth are developing UCAVs. Ah well...at least the B-52 will be around till 2040. #sabrewarrior
@11thRS: Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) means that with planned upgrades, the B-52 will remain in service until 2040. The newest airframes currently in service were built in November of 1961, although yes, they started production in the early 50's. #sabrewarrior
@11thRS: the way they made the video for the Sabre makes it seem like it's just an updated version of this B-52 vid. Practically the same voice and everything. #sabrewarrior
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They had one person up front watching the break away panel over the wheel and zero people watching the bomb bay. They simply expected you to remember when they said "Don't do that, you will die!" and maybe to notice the red and white stripey painting saying beware.
Of course, you could also just lean too far out the waist gunner positions.
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Goose, watch the canopy on the way out, I'm gonna do one more pass by the tower. #ejectionseat
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[www.gallagher.com] #ejectionseat
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*presses eject*
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...!
~Millhouse #ejectionseat
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In my defense, my screen is really big and it's also my TV. Never brushed your teeth in front of the TV before? It's common practice here in the Netherlands.
Together with cannibalism and smoking pot. #ejectionseat
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Seriously, aren't all the wars we are currently in Boots-on-the-ground type engagements? How the heck is this going to deal with Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, or prevent genocide in Darfur, or piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Maybe it'll help blow up nuke plants in Iran and North Korea, but not much else. #sabrewarrior
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Didn't Gil Gerrard fly one of these back in the 80s? #sabrewarrior
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