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French Fighter Jet Joy Ride Goes Très, Très Wrong
2022-03-28
[CarAndDriver] A French defense contractor riding in a Dassault fighter learned the hard way that the grab bar next to his seat was actually the ejection handle.

A French defense-industry employee about to retire was gifted something he was extremely reluctant to accept: a ride in a Dassault fighter jet.

The 64-year-old was not correctly instructed, to say the least, in passenger etiquette, and to make a long story short, he self-ejected midflight.
Posted by:Beavis

#8  The Trogneux mystery

I dare say no more.
Posted by: Vinegar Slort7098   2022-03-28 19:42  

#7  
APR 13, 2020
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2022-03-28 19:32  

#6  French thing.

Who invented white underwear? The French, insuring they always have a white flag handy.

Who invented crotchless underwear? The French, insuring their white flags would not have brown crapped in my panties stains.

Who invented Swedes? The French, they lost a bet.
Posted by: Woodrow   2022-03-28 19:17  

#5  Well, he'll sure remember it.
Posted by: Chris   2022-03-28 15:45  

#4  Depends
Send Grampaw Joe Biden up. His loins are girded and he's ready to go
Posted by: Waldemar Snore4808   2022-03-28 12:59  

#3  Hopefully, he was wearing the French product that equates to Depends.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-03-28 12:55  

#2  ...At least where the USAF is concerned, you go through pretty much an entire day of fam training before they let you take that sweet backseat ride, and if there's any question of your fitness, you ain't going.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-03-28 08:17  

#1  Worst part is he must have thought it was all part of the retirement at the time.
Posted by: Kain   2022-03-28 05:59  

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