Video: William Rankin, the Man Who Rode the Thunder

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Key Takeaways:

  • William Rankin's legendary survival story involves ejecting at 47,000 feet and 500 knots, enduring a 40-minute fall.
  • He uniquely lived to recount his extraordinary experience.
  • The article notes that not all incidents of individuals being drawn into thunderstorms under canopy result in survival.
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The story of William Rankin’s ejection at 47,000 feet and 500 knots is legendary, not only because the fall took him 40 minutes, but also because he lived to talk about it. There are other and more recent cases of people who have been drawn into thunderstorms under canopy and not every one ends in survival.

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