Ian Weaver – Tornado F3 ejection

Wow … the warning was correct, could not stop reading once started. Incredible tale; glad you are still with us and in one piece! 🙂

Thanks for the continued interest and comments.

Seafuryfan – I can still drink ale but am a bit of a lightweight these days. I couldn’t drink at all for the first 6-7 years!!

Paul – sorry to hear about your brother – I was indeed very lucky.

Ian

I was glad to read that you were not permanently paralysed. My Brother has now spent 44 years totally paralysed and on a ventilator…. I have to say it’s no life….

Paul.

An amazing read.

OMG …..Just amazing he survived….face down in mole hole

Book Please

I can honestly say I haven’t read an account that better describes humankind’s ability to triumph over unimaginable pain, the kind of which the rest of us can only imagine. This is required reading for a lesson about ‘True Grit’.

Captain Slow is spot on: without your account, your experience would be to most of us a ‘Navigator received serious injuries’ remark and AEA aspects, in another crewroom Tornado accident report.

It is both humbling and a privilege that you’re on the Forum, Ian. And I really hope you still have the ability to drink ale, or something which can intoxicate 🙂

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us Ian. So often an account of these situations ends with ‘finding the cause of etc.’ The recovery is rarely told.

Best wishes for your continued recovery.

Ian, Rob,

Thank you so much for sharing this. The ‘must read’ of the week, month, and probably much longer.

Here’s to the continuing recuperation.

Sounds like the RAF missed out on a bl**dy good sim instructor, but hopefully we can benefit from your writing some more in the future….

Thought I’d register and pop by to say thanks for posting this to Wyvernfan and thanks to those that have taken the time to read the article and post replies.

Hello Ian, and yes welcome to the forum. It was only by chance that i stumbled across your story.. but i i became so engrossed in reading it i couldn’t stop.
It is such an amazing account of your experience, so thank you for taking the time to write it, and share what most of us especially myself have little or no knowledge about!

Welcome Ian. An amazing read, thanks for sharing it.

Peter

Hi hunterxf382

Yes I am that man 🙂 and thanks for the welcome – of course that’s extended to all the welcomes.

A very warm welcome to the forum “LuckyNav” – I assume that you are Ian himself then? I was indeed engrossed in the full account and as an ex-RAF techie it reminded me why we had so much pride in our work with aircrew’s lives in our hands. Accidents do happen, but to read it from a first-hand perspective really brings it home – thank you.

an amazing read, didnt stop until the end, very sobering

+1

that was an amazing read. 😎

Welcome to the forum 🙂

Thought I’d register and pop by to say thanks for posting this to Wyvernfan and thanks to those that have taken the time to read the article and post replies.

God that was a sobering read…. many thanks for posting the link up!

A Fantastic read, i have a few bits from those aircraft that i collected up after the crash guys had finished in my field. I think i even have one of the hot end blades.

Totally gripping, and shocking, I am looking forward to reading his books in paperback. He also displays the humour which keeps him going.

Put aside some time if you decide to read Ians account, you will not stop until the final full stop, and his website is fascinating.

Wow, a sobering read.