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I had to, or rather, I didn't have to,
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but I had to catapult at the maximum
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altitude, at the maximum speed.
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True, partly falls that above the
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maximum height, the altitude was 18,000.
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The speed was 2,700 km/h of the MiG-25
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car. This happened about 10 years ago.
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There was a failure of the left engine
0:24
associated with the fact that there was
0:26
a destruction of the design of the
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outlet nozzle. The turbine speed of the
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left engine increased.
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To 127% in about 2/10 of a second, after
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which it was destroyed.
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If the left turbine is not mistaken, it
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broke the tail part. The plane lost
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control. All this happened approximately
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in 1 second after this time. It was
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already rotating around two axes, around
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the longitudinal axis, around the
1:00
vertical axis. I lost my eyesight
1:02
immediately after about half a second.
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At first, my eyesight cleared, then it
1:10
was completely lost. I felt the rotation
1:12
only with my body. These coils are
1:15
large. It was clear that we needed to
1:17
eject. At first, I thought nothing would
1:19
work out. Say it's over. But then I
1:21
managed to eject with my right hand.
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Three turns of the engine after
1:27
ejection. The appearance of haze in the
1:29
carbons. And the next thing I remember,
1:32
I am in a chair approximately horizontal
1:34
to the ground with my back. That is, the
1:37
flight continues in the chair.
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With a cup, let's say. The cup meets the
1:46
flow. The cup closes the pilot from the
1:48
impact, from the wave impact. And below,
1:52
debris and parts of the plane are
1:54
hissing. Well, the descent lasted about
1:56
3 minutes according to calculations at
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3 and 1/2 1,000 parachute opened. More
2:05
than worried just to land normally, what
2:08
did he manage to do? But, it should be
2:10
clarified that the crosses were designed
2:12
for a maximum speed of approximately
2:14
2,600 km/h. This catapult was beyond
2:18
this speed. Here's the feeling.
2:22
The feeling at one moment is, of course,
2:24
a feeling of horror because everything
2:28
After the chair started to work, there
2:30
was some hope. And when he found himself
2:32
in a chair in a stable flight, the chair
2:35
did not rotate. Then the feeling, if not
2:38
happiness, then a satisfaction is
2:43
>> Was there any recovery during the
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>> No, she recovered instantly. It went
2:48
away due to lateral overload. It turns
2:50
out that the person's vision goes away
2:51
due to lateral overload. Very quickly,
2:53
it is enough to overload the two so that
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the vision completely disappeared. If
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longitudinal overload
2:59
The longitudinal overload should be
3:01
about a dozen in order for vision to go
3:03
away after about 30 seconds. The
3:05
transverse overload reaches there 20
3:08
units. And then, I'm not sure that
3:09
vision is not lost. Then the lateral one
3:12
needs to be very small and the aircraft
3:14
is also not designed for lateral
3:16
overload. Here is this plane.
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>> Could you tell me exactly how much time
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passed before you flew again after that
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>> Not more than a month.
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>> And if such an event hadn't occurred, we
3:30
might have experienced a sort of deep
3:32
unsettling sense of fear or unease.
3:40
>> To clarify further, when the pilot
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operated a production vehicle, he was
3:43
required to reach an altitude of 18,000
3:44
m with a margin of plus or minus 500 m.
3:47
This meant the minimum was 17,500 and
3:49
the maximum was 18,500 m. As for me, I
3:52
managed to achieve exactly 17,500 m and
3:54
could not exceed that mark by even a
3:58
The anxiety or feelings about it
3:59
diminished surprisingly fast. Perhaps
4:01
everything settled within a week, don't
4:04
>> Uh when is this moment for him? When he
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calls half a second a second, it is
4:08
based on the results of the materials
4:10
that we processed. And the decision was
4:13
made exactly right, successfully, even I
4:18
Because he ejected according to the
4:20
analysis of our material, in fact,
4:22
behind the collapsed plane. And this
4:24
decision was made in time because he
4:26
ejected completely without injuries.
4:29
Everything ended successfully and his
4:30
separation from the plane collapsing and
4:33
the scheme of means of rescue.
4:37
>> Everything worked correctly.
4:39
>> Strangely enough, this means that he
4:42
endured a lot of fear. And because the
4:44
plane did not crash, but to be honest, I
4:47
will for the rest of my life. The fact
4:49
is that when the command passed that the
4:51
plane crashed and the mark was lost, I
4:54
was instructed to get into
4:57
into a rescue helicopter and fly to the
5:00
search site for Alexander. Well, one
5:02
thought was faster, faster. It's a pity
5:05
that we flew by helicopter and wanted to
5:07
get to that place faster. So, the
5:09
feelings, I can't even describe them
5:11
now. I only remember one thing.
5:16
That our doctor, Valentina Pavlovna, sat
5:18
next to me constantly holding my hand.
5:21
So, we flew to that place without saying
5:23
a word. True, in the evening I looked, I
5:26
have bruises on my arm here because she
5:28
was as worried as I was.
5:33
Well, first of all, the information was
5:36
so serious that the plane was destroyed.
5:38
Colonel Kuznetsov reported that I saw
5:41
falling fragments, which means that the
5:43
situation was not clear at all. He is
5:46
not alive, but judging by what regime he
5:51
we believe the escape from this
5:53
situation was nearly impossible. 50 long
5:56
minutes passed searching relentlessly
5:58
for Alexander. Finally, relief and
6:01
indescribable happiness overwhelmed me.
6:06
After seeing the pile of debris from the
6:09
plane, which was scattered but probably
6:11
for many tens of kilometers, we saw them
6:14
and suddenly we see a normal, healthy,
6:16
cheerful person standing in the field.
6:23
There is a rescue parachute nearby,
6:25
which means that a lot of people have
6:27
already gathered there, but it also
6:29
seems to me that he was happy that he
6:31
was in a high-altitude suit because I
6:33
hugged him like that during the joys.
6:36
In my opinion, if it weren't for this
6:38
costume, he would have been injured by
6:39
me, not by the plane.
6:42
But everyone was very excited. Of
6:44
course, I remember this case for the
6:46
rest of my life, and I even remember how
6:48
many cases when, well, various
6:51
situations were in the air. It seems to
6:53
me that in that case, everyone was more
6:55
excited at that moment.
