Checking the altimeter

T-34C OUT-OF-CONTROL FLIGHT

CHAPTER ONE

Checking the altimeter. If sufficient altitude is not available, BAILOUT. There is no reason to

spend the rest of your life trying to recover the aircraft. Do not waste time when you have made

your decision. If you have not recovered by 5000 feet and you bail out at that altitude, you are

extremely time-limited, since the aircraft will impact the ground in less than 30 seconds.

Observations made during T-34C bailout training show that it takes 12 - 15 seconds to get out of

the aircraft, which puts you at about 2500 feet as you clear the plane.

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