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title: Pilot Gets Ejected and Spends 40 Minutes In a Thunderstorm — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/pilot-gets-ejected-and-spends-40-minutes-in-a-thunderstorm/
date: 2014-10-10
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# Pilot Gets Ejected and Spends 40 Minutes In a Thunderstorm

In 1959, Lt Colonel William Rankin ejected from his F-8 Crusader at 47,000 feet. He then spent the next 40 minutes caught in a thunderstorm.