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afternoon of a Navy test pilot at the Dallas NavalAir Station.
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pilot,
The whose identity has not beenreleased, apparently ejected from the jet as soon as
it hit the water. The cockpit canopy was shattered,
indicating he ejected through it. Normally, the
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Crash], item, October 16, 1968; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1037880/m1/1/?q=navy%2520pilot%2520ejected: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.