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Incredibly, when Capt. Faust ejected, the blast force of his seat rocketing out of the plane pushed the F-106′s nose down, instantly breaking the stall and spin. As his own parachute deployed, he and the others could see the plane steady out and fly off in a relatively straight line, wobbling left and right. As part of the procedures to get out of the flat spin, Capt. Faust had set the trim to take off position, which was reasonably close to the landing trim position. As well, he had retarded the throttle to idle. Coincidentally, this left the plane in a roughly good configuration for a steady gliding descent. All three pilots felt that it would likely fireball on impact.
Nonetheless, to see it gliding perfectly was startling. The radio came alive with Maj. Lowe’s admonition, “Gary, you better get back into that thing.”
The 747. Some models had an upper level with piano bar and amenities. But it's main impact is it made air travel affordable. "Jet set" once referred to those few who could afford to fly. Sadly, you don't see too many 747's these days.
It's sad that so few 767-400s were ordered. I know it's because of the timing and overlap with the B777. I am not a fan of the B777 and never have been.
You can't beat the Tripple 7's safety record.
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