Scudrunners

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/assets ... ov2019.pdf


My two scenarios were engine failure and control problems.  What an investigator I'd make!  8)

My guess was on these guys:



Don't look like much, but they can ruin your day.

A friend of Dad's had to step out of an F-104 one day over Germany,
when the throttle cable broke.  It was that simple.

Someone on the ground got a marvelous picture of he and
the canopy departing.

The crash site looks like a perfect place for a forced landing!

I guess that's not how people are trained in the military.

The field may be OK for a C152 but not for a CT114 that was probably to low and too fast for a safe landing.  The military is very well trained but sometimes you just do not have a Royal Flush so you fold.  C152, 65 kts vs CT114 115+ kts. on final.

Barney

The crash site looks like a perfect place for a forced landing!

It was once explained to me as an odds game.  Figure you have 60-80% chance of surviving a forced landing (or whatever they determined) and a 99% chance of surviving if you punch out.  Plane’s a wrote-off either way, so hit the silk.

Made sense to me - the airplane is just a replaceable thing.