Well pilots wear gloves so they don't leave fingerprints on the switches and hence can walk free from the crime scene! ....Sorry couldnt resist..:P
On a serious note, gloves are worn for various reasons.
1. They keep your hands warm.
Below tropopause, the standard atmospheric...
Wanna see an A-5 cockpit. Here it is.
The big drum type thing that seems to have been designed to block the view and piss the pilot off , is actually a gun camera that captures the images of the sight infront of it when a trigger is pressed...
On the left half are generally flight...
Now that’s how a fighter should be marshalled…please note that aircraft is F-15, not an F-18…
Not a clue that what’s going on here…but its definitely NOT what you are thinking ..:)
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Liam Neeson is on rampage and alone kills 50 ish bad guys in 90 ish minutes in a pursuit to find her daughter Many things in the movie dont make sense, but who cares. I had good one and a half hour and enjoyed my crisps and soda too :pop:
Thankyou everyone for your appreciation and kind words. I will post more pics whenever I have them..
If you have noticed in the pics that majority of guys are young ( in their 20s or early 30s) and still have long way to go in their fighter flying career. The experience they are getting now...
You are absolutely right that the leg restrainers pull the legs off from the rudder pedals and keep them close to the seat once ejection sequence begins. However, it shall be noted that this feature is NOT aircraft specific but rather seat specific.
All Martin Baker escape and evasion...
Come on JK dont hold them...lets hear the jokes..:enjoy:
A couple more app sab kay pur zor israar par...:)
The Big Wigs...OC Flying, Base Commander
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Few pilots, engineers, flight surgeons and the gorgeous of all: The JF-17 Thunder…:pakistan:
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Final Farewell to our young hero Pilot Officer Zohaib who embraced shahadat in a fatal air crash on 5 March, 2009 while on a training mission May God bless his soul and he rests in peace..