Pretty ballsy Sheriff, too. 58-0787 is the famous "Cornfield Bomber"In 1970, while assigned to the 71st FIS at Malstrom AFB, Montana , its pilot ejected during an inflight emergency. The pilot somehow got himself into a flat spin -- considered generally unrecoverable in an F-106 -- and he did what the flight handbook said to do -- get out ofit , i.e. eject.After the pilot did just that, 58-0787 recovered itself from this 'unrecoverable' situation. In a vain attempt to break the spin, the pilot had lowered half flaps, rolled in takeoff trim, and throttled the engine back to an...
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/for_those_of_us.html
Posted
Oct 13 2009, 06:03 AM
by
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..