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Surviving the Highest Speed Ejection From a US Fighter Aircraft
Season 1 · Episode 40

Surviving the Highest Speed Ejection From a US Fighter Aircraft

Head Game · Nova Podcasts

July 2, 202438m 19s

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Show Notes

"The one thing you have absolutely no control over is when you're gonna get rescued. What you have 100% of control over is 'are you going to be alive when you get rescued?'".

This mindset kept Captain Brian Udell afloat for four gruelling hours in the middle of the Atlantic, after surviving one of the fastest known ejections in history. 

Injured and afraid, Brian knew he had to harness his mind to stay alive and get back home to his wife. She was at home, four months pregnant with their first child. He refused to let her get that knock at the door, and shares with Ant how he made sure to prevent that from happening. 

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Host:
Ant Middleton
Editor: Adrian Walton
Executive Producer: Anna Henvest 
Managing Producer:
Elle Beattie

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Topics

captain brian udellbrian udellfighter pilotus aircraftair forcehigh speed ejectionsurvivalpilotaircraftplaneplane crash