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It's not uncommon for jets to fly for long distances after a pilot ejects. In one incident I responded to, the crew of an F4 ejected due to a fire, but the jet
by GartzenDeHaes 3y ago
It's not uncommon for jets to fly for long distances after a pilot ejects. In one incident I responded to, the crew of an F4 ejected due to a fire, but the jet continued to fly over about half of Nevada until it eventually crashed near Tohnapah.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoThat F4 is shaped in a way that wants to stay in the air. The F35 is shaped in a way that only flys well with 10-40 thousand pounds of thrust. I am extremely skeptical a modern fighter jet wpuld coast and set it self down in a field.
- umeshunni 3y agoThis is a particularly interesting story: A Soviet MiG-23 flew all the way from Poland to Belgium without its pilot after they ejected from the jet shortly after takeoff back https://community.infiniteflight.com/t/the-ghost-mig-over-belgium/760068 https://community.infiniteflight.com/t/the-ghost-mig-over-be...