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Tsyroc wrote:
Actually I got a good laugh out of that one. That Tomcat happens to belong to VF-213 Blacklions. That squadron was stationed on my ship during the last deployment I was on. Most of the people that knew anything about that squadron called them the "sealions" instead of the Blacklions because they put so many planes in the water.

I swear that squadron is jinxed. Besides the funny stuff like the picture and a couple of costly but mostly harmless planes in the water fiascos, I know of at least two fatal crashes involving that squadron. On my last cruise one plane came in too low and smashed into the back of the ship. Some of the plane skidded across the flight deck while the rest fell onto the faintail. The pilot died but I think the RIO survived.

The other accident involved one of the USN's first female fighter pilots. Again I think she died but her RIO survived. There was a big deal about this one in the media for a lot of political reasons. Personally I alwasy thought she had the bad luck to go to that squadron.

I'm thinking that part of the reason the radar operator survived in the two crashes I mentioned might be because they have their hands free and are a little quicker on the eject than the pilots?

Tsyroc wrote:
I'm thinking that part of the reason the radar operator survived in the two crashes I mentioned might be because they have their hands free and are a little quicker on the eject than the pilots?

kojikun wrote:THATS the pilots helmet? Boxy. Originally thought it was part of the chair. pic too small i guess.