Super Sonic Saints 2John Bytheway

Presentation by student

“SIR! I’M ON FIRE!”Gordon H. Weed - Cessna A-37

Bombing Mission in Vietnam

Takes ground fire Plane catches fire Wingman says he

shouldn’t eject Turns off all

electric systems He would have

been badly burned

LIGHTNING STRIKES TWO!Thales A. “Tad” Derrick - F-100 Super Sabre

2 Planes Struck by Lightning in flight

Everything inside the planes goes crazy

All communications lost Faced with two choices:

Eject▪ Plane would go down in a

village Try to land the plane

safely ▪ Very dangerous to the pilot

THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUTDavid Wassink – CH-53D Helicopter

Number one generator drops off the line Tries calling the tower

Second generator drops off Completely dark without

Instruments Auxiliary power plant

(APP) Not a briefed practice

Reset the number two generator

SOLOJanine K. Garner – Beechcraft T-34C Mentor

First solo flight Lost in the middle

of no where Can’t get any radio

response Says a small prayer

Immediately gets a radio response

Receives a new heading

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!Fred Wilson – F-4 Phantom

Low level training mission

Bird strike Pilot unconscious Copilot lands the plane

(Hard to do in the backseat)

Landed safely Pilot is ok after a few

surgeries

PREPARE EVERY NEEDFUL THINGMilton R. Sanders – T-38 Talon

Demonstrating a single engine landing

Touch and go procedure Hears a buzzing noise Plane yaws to the side

Too fast to stop Aborts procedure Barely stops at end of

runway

I’LL FLY WITH YOU ANYWHEREKen Swain – Boeing 737-200

Setting up for landing Pilot adds 30 knots

20 knots already added

Copilot says too fast to get on the ground

Plane hits a microburst

Slams down hard but safely