Yep. Apparently somewhere between "not strapped in well" and "not strapped in at all" and as he hit the canopy, likely grabbed for whatever he could out of inst

Yep. Apparently somewhere between "not strapped in well" and "not strapped in at all" and as he hit the canopy, likely grabbed for whatever he could out of instinct. https://youtu.be/-zIxqKwoHsM?t=427 https://youtu.be/-zIxqKwoHsM?t=427 Although one does wonder how much this is face-saving by him and/or the Air Force who don't want to blame a guy for what likely cost over half a million dollars, if not more. There's the cost of all the labor, the canopy, downtime for the jet, and then those seats cost roughly over $200k each and while I imagine they might get sent back to M-B for refurbishment rather than just being chucked, ehhh: https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/397m-for-172-martinbaker-ejection-seats-03345/ https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/397m-for-172-martinbake...