Gareth - not really sure...

Jeri - the F-111 Australia has came (as far as I can remember) with the complete cockpit tub as an ejection pod (an emminently clever idea, I always thought!) - you were probably thinking of other planes. My dad was a W/O in WWII at Bundaberg - there was ONE duty he hated the most - there were always crashes, especially in training, especially when fully laden multi-engined bombers had an engine die on takeoff...

Joybell, couldn't think if anything sensible to say, so filled the post with drivel - not unusual for me, eh? ;-)

It was always pronounced 1-11 - one-eleven, bu always writtn "one undred and eleven" - 111.

Robin