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Originally Posted by dmoolenaar
A witness described the pilot punching out when the plane was at tree top level. He obviously did his best in a rotten circumstance.
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Even then he probably thought he was going to die anyway. Check out that footage of the F-14 test flight where the same thing happened. Pilot bailed at treetop level and then was floating down onto a giant fireball. The wind pushed him away at the last minute, but he was about to get cooked.