Yep, Watched Bob do that with many a Sabrejet too, The last time was a
Fresno Air Guard 86 "Dog", just a suit, no 'chute and no tanks.  He said no
need for a 'chute- never got high enough to use it! The '86 was my first and
last fighter! Last flight was in a Canadair Mark 6 in '93.  What a plane....

John McMahon
Lancair Super ES builder and exUSAF fighter jock

> ramp, he would choose a bird at random, leave his suit coat on the ladder
along
> with the parachute and then strap in. The problem was that it was a rudder
> machine and it took lots of rudder at low airspeeds. We used to do pretty
slick
> rudder rolls with the stick locked into neutral ailerons.
>