# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4578
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/4578 "2023-09-20T16:52:40Z")
Citing myself from one of the other dedicated USMC F-35 crash threads: > [@Psst...hey, buddy....maybe you've seen an F-35 fighter jet someplace 'round here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psst-hey-buddy-maybe-youve-seen-an-f-35-fighter-jet-someplace-round-here/990295/68): > > Interesting. So far no real evidence for that, just the open question of “why jump out of an evidently flyable jet?” Off top of head I can think of a couple of other potential reasons. Spatial disorientation such that the pilot’s gyros got so confused they couldn’t control the airplane even though it was on a reasonably even keel. Jumping out at low altitude under those circumstances would be be the book answer. There have been reports of major bad weather in the area at the time. Ligh… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499)._