He was obviously operating under “GI Joe Physics” conditions. In that show, of course, the Cobra pilots always managed to eject from their aircraft either immediately before, or just after it blew itself into tiny fragments upon impact with a Joe-launched missile.
This, like the well-known “Stephen J. Cannell”-effect (wherein any and all vehicles explode into fireballs upon the slightest impact with any other object) is a well-documented phenomenon.
He was obviously operating under “GI Joe Physics” conditions. In that show, of course, the Cobra pilots always managed to eject from their aircraft either immediately before, or just after it blew itself into tiny fragments upon impact with a Joe-launched missile.
This, like the well-known “Stephen J. Cannell”-effect (wherein any and all vehicles explode into fireballs upon the slightest impact with any other object) is a well-documented phenomenon.