Most people wont share this… This is a picture of US Navy LT. Nick Bradshaw shortly before his last flight on May 12th, 1986. Lt Bradshaw was killed after he and his pilot ejected from their F-14 while trying to engage an aggressor aircraft during a simulated combat sortie off the coast of California. The pilot was unharmed. Unfortunately LT. Nick Bradshaw did not survive the ejection.
The Board of Inquiry determined that the F-14’s departure from controlled flight was induced by the disruption of air flow into the starboard engine. This disruption stalled the engine, which produced enough yaw rate to induce a spin Which was unrecoverable. There was no way the pilot could see or avoid the jetwash.
The pilot’s record was cleared, and was restored to flight status without further delay.
RIP LT. Nick Bradshaw.
(from another Tumblr but I can’t reblog it from them)
