Take to the Sky Episode 049: Episode 49: Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin

On July 26, 1959, Marine Lt. Col. William Henry Rankin finds himself in an impossible situation 47,000 feet in air over the coast of North Carolina. After his single engine F8 Crusader fails, Lt. Col. William Henry Rankin decides to bravely eject from the aircraft – but the odds of surviving this kind of fall are extremely thin. Join Shelly in this episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as she shares this amazing story of human resilience – and what it teaches us about the strength we must all find to survive no matter what it takes.