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While in a spin, a pilot ejected from his plane only to watch his unmanned F-106 recover from the spin and land safely in a field.

During the Korean War Air Force pilot James Risner successfully “pushed” his wingman’s incapacitated jet fighter into friendly territory using the nose of his own jet. A maneuver that had never been attempted in history.

During the Vietnam war, a Chinook pilot saved his family by flying them to the American destroyer “Kirk”, dropping his children out of the helicopter onto the ship’s deck then rolling the Chinook onto its side and jumping into the sea.

A fighter jet pilot shot his own plane down by flying into his own bullets

43% of British pilots admitted to falling asleep during flights, 33% of them reported waking up to find that their co-pilots had fallen asleep as well, according to a survey carried between 2010 & 2012.

2 F16 pilots went on a suicide mission to stop Flight 93 on 9/11.

In 1916, Manfred von Richthofen was considered a below-average pilot who crashed during his first flight

Upon his death two years, and 80 aerial kills later, the British buried The Red Baron with full military honors out of respect for his skill as an aviator.

Test pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll in a prototype 707 during a first look at an air show with a lot of potential customers in attendance.

When his boss called him into his office and said “What the hell were you doing?”, he replied “Selling Airplanes.”

A Luftwaffe pilot refused to destroy a damaged B-17.The German pilot escorted the B-17 to the English Channel and then saluted the American pilot and returned home.

40 years later they were reunited and developed a deep friendship that lasted until their deaths.

F-35B Fighter Pilots have a Helmet that accesses 6 cameras around the body of the plane, allowing them to basically see through the plane. Also, it costs $400,000

German ww2 pilots in North Africa would fix bottles of Coca-Cola to the underside of their wings so the drink would cool at high altitude, then be ready to drink after landing.