Interesting. The article doesn't say why the pilot ejected. If the jet were able to continue flying for hours in autopilot, maybe the pilot ejected a bit prematurely, no? Though it it continued flying I would expect it to be on ADS-B.
> Though it it continued flying I would expect it to be on ADS-B.
This is a military aircraft. Depending on its mission, transponders may or may not be enabled.
What did surprise me: if a 2-plane mission, why didn't the other jet follow the now-empty one? As a opposed to landing right after. Low on fuel?
At least it could have recorded speed & heading.
If you believe what is written on HN: actually no, not at all.
Indeed they do (or at least did)
He just wanted to be sure. With all those issues F35 had i wouldn't think twice when to eject. /s