[Members] The Man Who Rode Thunder

[Larry & Sue Bartlett]

> The Man Who Rode Thunder
> William Rankin a pilot in the United States Marine Corps is The Man Who 
> Rode Thunder when he ejected from his F8 Crusader on top of a cumulonimbus 
> thunderstorm cloud.
>
> He had a very bad day that summer of 1959 by any pilot’s standard as not 
> only did his engine fail but his parachute deployed in the middle of the 
> thunder storm.  Surviving an ejection from 47,000 feet into a thunderstorm 
> is truly amazing.
>
> http://biggeekdad.com/2012/07/the-man-who-rode-thunder/<http://biggeekdad.com/2012/07/the-man-who-rode-thunder/>