A Marine pilot’s firsthand account of ejecting at 47,000 feet and surviving a harrowing free fall through a thunderstorm.
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A Marine pilot’s firsthand account of ejecting at 47,000 feet and surviving a harrowing free fall through a thunderstorm.
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William H. Rankin (born 1920) in 1959 became famous as the man who fell through a thunderstorm. His 40-minute free fall from the stratosphere into the storm was even more terrifying. Rankin parted company with his plane at around 47,000 feet above sea level--nearly 18,000 feet higher than Mt. Everest's summit.
"The Man Who Rode the Thunder" is Rankin's recollection of the events leading up to the free fall and the fall itself.
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will contain mild spoilers
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Violence & gore
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Intense physical trauma from high-altitude ejection and storm battering
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Light military-service background in a Cold War–era aviation memoir
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