Back in the day when a pilot crashed in a field of crops the Farmer would be paid for the lost crops. (I think this originally came from Kansas where a lot of training fields operated).
Buying an acre of crops was probably not uncommon after a crash.
But, when a crash was bad enough the Whole farm would be destroyed.
As in:
"Hey ! Charley augered that one in so bad they had to buy the whole farm"
I know...boring stuff...but I thought it was cool.
5:34, 100 cruising alongside 105 on bomb run. 100 catches fire. Hit by shockwave? Looks like the thud caught a little of it, too, but judged it slightly better since he dropped them. Or am I talking out of my butt?
@JohnLeePedimore Early 104's were fitted with downward ejecting seats due to concerns over impacting the razor-thin vertical stabilizer when ejecting at high speeds. 104 pilots were trained to make every attempt to roll the aircraft inverted if they had to eject at low altitudes. After 104's were retrofitted with more powerful upward ejecting seats, several pilots died when ejecting at low altitude after rolling their aircraft inverted out of habit.
@will891410 The Russian Ka-50 is equipped with ejection seats which can be used after the rotor blades are separated from the rotor hub by explosive bolts.
@bajesus666 I'm pretty sure it's the same principle, I see no way why it could've changed, I play the DCS A-10C simulator which is the same that the US Air Force uses, and thanks to that video, I survived twice from a battle damaged A-10C. First ejection was simple. Both wings teared off, time to punch out. Second one, was more complicated. I had only one wing teared off, and before my first ejection I had stabilized with one wing. But this time It didn't worked and I punched out 1 second short.
wow look how long the f-4 take to go down such powerful engines!
nishal1425 8 months ago
cool
yisasakopaka 8 months ago
I bet all of you did not know it was a Irish man..John Martin who invented the ejection seat back in the 1940s !
3hours2 8 months ago
Do you know where "Buy the Farm" came from?
Back in the day when a pilot crashed in a field of crops the Farmer would be paid for the lost crops. (I think this originally came from Kansas where a lot of training fields operated).
Buying an acre of crops was probably not uncommon after a crash.
But, when a crash was bad enough the Whole farm would be destroyed.
As in:
"Hey ! Charley augered that one in so bad they had to buy the whole farm"
I know...boring stuff...but I thought it was cool.
hammerogod 8 months ago 2
I am getting Deja vu. I swear I have seen this exact video before!
JoshHartNow 8 months ago
5:34, 100 cruising alongside 105 on bomb run. 100 catches fire. Hit by shockwave? Looks like the thud caught a little of it, too, but judged it slightly better since he dropped them. Or am I talking out of my butt?
hectiky 8 months ago
what the freak,how do you pull up vertically in a jet like hat (unless it is an F-22 Raptor)
Astronautical123 8 months ago
helicopters cant eject o.O
will891410 8 months ago
@will891410 yeah,you would hit the blades
Astronautical123 8 months ago
@will891410
The early F-104 had a downward track(bottom ejecting) ejection seat.
2 of the ejections seats on a B-52 eject from the bottom as well.
JohnLeePedimore 8 months ago
@JohnLeePedimore Early 104's were fitted with downward ejecting seats due to concerns over impacting the razor-thin vertical stabilizer when ejecting at high speeds. 104 pilots were trained to make every attempt to roll the aircraft inverted if they had to eject at low altitudes. After 104's were retrofitted with more powerful upward ejecting seats, several pilots died when ejecting at low altitude after rolling their aircraft inverted out of habit.
nightwriterou812 4 days ago
@will891410 some do
Shawkins49 8 months ago
@will891410
Blades blasted away by special charges right before ejection, its part of the process.
Laenthal 8 months ago
@will891410 The Russian Ka-50 is equipped with ejection seats which can be used after the rotor blades are separated from the rotor hub by explosive bolts.
nightwriterou812 4 days ago
The thing I DON'T want to do for sure, is to eject.
I DO want to fly....
hackneysaregreat 8 months ago
these videos never fail to make my day
squiddie96 8 months ago
6:15
CRAZY
r1oot 8 months ago
love these old videos =)
andysim232 8 months ago
"Unless he has more than 600 feet airspace, ... he buys the farm." :P
RoboTekno 8 months ago
I love these videos, they get a couple hundred views, but know, that they are viewed with love and appreciation for aviation! Thank you very much!
Xonipher 8 months ago 51
could not have said it better myself....
mahjer 8 months ago
I wonder how much of this is still true being that we have new ejection and better technology
bajesus666 8 months ago 10
@bajesus666 half of its true..just dont go inverted and try to eject...not gonna work..
gokuta333 8 months ago
@bajesus666 I'm pretty sure it's the same principle, I see no way why it could've changed, I play the DCS A-10C simulator which is the same that the US Air Force uses, and thanks to that video, I survived twice from a battle damaged A-10C. First ejection was simple. Both wings teared off, time to punch out. Second one, was more complicated. I had only one wing teared off, and before my first ejection I had stabilized with one wing. But this time It didn't worked and I punched out 1 second short.
fable2omg 3 months ago
Sir... the 60ies vids are amazing... keep em coming
TheNovum 8 months ago
THIS IS AWSOME!! I love your vids AIRBOYD!!
Greetings from HOLLAND
SEMTHEMANPRODUCTIONS 8 months ago
FIRST AGAIN
wjnetwork 8 months ago