Test pilot, astronaut shares in-flight experiences
Joe "Reb" Edwards, former astronaut and F-14 test pilot, shared his experience of landing a Tomcat back on a carrier after the radome flew off, smashing the canopy and injuring him.
The accident smashed his arm and collar bone. Glass from the canopy sliced the cornea of his eye blinding him, and the impact of debris collapsed his lung.
He lost his oxygen, lost all communications between him and his RIO and the ship, and lost all his instruments except for engine instruments.
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