World's first operational 0/0 ejection

[Boris Badenov]

Paper Skies is great. Dryly hilarious, high production values, and very uh "interesting" stories from Soviet Aviation. Trigger warning: You may not want to watch his stuff if you're a Putin fanboi or pine for the Good Old Days of the Global Communist Revolution.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jklGQxAOoo8

 

[Van_Hoolio]

I read the two books from the pilots who flew their Migs out and defected. I liked the anecdote about servicemen consuming the alcohol from the cooling system.

 

[knot4u]

I read the two books from the pilots who flew their Migs out and defected. I liked the anecdote about servicemen consuming the alcohol from the cooling system.

My first job out of A/P school was up at Santa Paula. Mira Slovak used to come and just hang out. He had stories, I think he was just bored.