Partially Ejected Navigator

[wmenorr67]

http://conservativetribune.com/navy-pilot-radioed-daring-plan/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=TPNN&utm_content=2017-06-27&utm_campaign=can

Interesting story that had a positive outcome.

[K Frame]

I think I read about that in Reader's Digest in the mid-1990s.

[230RN]

Reminds me of the story, apparently documented, of the pilot who needed to make an emergency landing and to burn up as much fuel as possible before attempting a landing.  He could not drop one of the drop tanks, and pulled his sidearm out and after a couple of tries, punched a hole in it to let the fuel drain out.

ETA  Son of a gun, I found it:

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/above-amp-beyond-shooting-up-a-shooting-star-47469405/

[TommyGunn]

That is one downright scarey story!   Turns my blood to ice!

[Hawkmoon]

Happens more often than we like to think about:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_5390

[230RN]

There was also a case a while ago when unbeknownst to the intructor, a student pilot did not fasten his seat belt.

He fell out during an inverted exercise.

Something like 5000 feet, don't remember exactly.

But plenty of time to do an Act of Contrition, two Our Fathers, and ten Hail Maries.  And another Act of Contrition.