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RFT 212: Fighter Pilots Cynthia and Mike Lisa
FromReady For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career
RFT 212: Fighter Pilots Cynthia and Mike Lisa
FromReady For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Cynthia and Mike Lisa met while midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Mike graduated a year ahead of Cynthia, and attended graduate school to receive his Master of Science Degree in Physics, then attended Navy pilot training at the same time as Cynthia. Once they were married, they received joint-spouse assignments to Whidby Island Naval Air Station, each flying the EA-6B. During their careers, Mike attended Navy Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, MD, and Cynthia continued flying the EA-6B until her aircraft accident. Her EA-6B suffered an engine failure, followed by smoke and fire in the cockpit. She ordered a crew ejection, and a long 1.2 seconds transpired before her sequenced ejection as the aircraft commander. Less than a second later, the jet impacted the ground. She got "one swing" of the parachute before landing near the crash site. Cynthia's ejection was featured in the Smithsonian Channel "Survival In The Skies" episode on ejection seats. In the mean-time, Mike was deployed and not permitted to return to home for another five months.
Released:
Aug 13, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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