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It’s fine in the sense that a fighter jet can glide for quite a while and even land without engines. If that’s not possible, the pilot can steer it to crash in
by tylerhou 7y ago
It’s fine in the sense that a fighter jet can glide for quite a while and even land without engines. If that’s not possible, the pilot can steer it to crash in a remote area and the pilot can escape.
- Max-q 7y agoA modern fighter jet is not a good glider. An F-16 can't fly without the computer. Have you tried to sit in the cockpit? The sticks don't even move, they are pressure sensitive only. You are right about the ejection, that's how the pilots survive a computer malfunction, with a complete hull loss as consequence.