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Radio 4,24 Sep 2026,3 mins

How does it feel to be ejected from a fighter jet?

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Two RAF pilots who parachuted out of their plane moments before it crashed yesterday are "doing well" and expected to make a full recovery after the jet was steered to avoid "built-up areas" according to the RAF and crashed to the ground near the Pencarnisiog area in Anglesey. But how does it feel to be rocketed out of a moving fighter jet? Former RAF airman John Nicol, who ejected out of his plane after being shot down in Iraq in 1991, says "it'sa wild ride".

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