They call them stealth for a reason
09-18-2023, 05:25 AM
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I’d love to hear the pilot’s explanation for ejecting. What was the mishap? I’ve heard plenty of stories of cold shots or CDP failures on the ship where the crew got out but the plane then flew on for a short flight before crashing.
09-18-2023, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
even so, it’d be nice to find it…
Or perhaps just the fuzzy dice that hung over the panel. Often sellers like to part these things out.
09-18-2023, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
I’d love to hear the pilot’s explanation for ejecting. What was the mishap? I’ve heard plenty of stories of cold shots or CDP failures on the ship where the crew got out but the plane then flew on for a short flight before crashing.
I think this was land-based ops, nothing to do with ships. It's the F-35B FRS, so might have been a student. F-35B is STOVL, not cat launched.
09-18-2023, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Ebay. Look for an add offering a lightly used "fixer-upper" or "project" F-35.
Or perhaps just the fuzzy dice that hung over the panel. Often sellers like to part these things out.
Or perhaps just the fuzzy dice that hung over the panel. Often sellers like to part these things out.
09-18-2023, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
CARFAX will show extensive water damage.
09-18-2023, 08:57 AM
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Glad to hear the pilot got out safely. Regardless the circumstances, I never second-guess a pilots decision to give it back to the tax payers. Much better than the alternative of sticking with it a little too long trying to salvage a bad situation.
09-18-2023, 09:36 AM
#9
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
That area is woods and lakes IIRC, it might not have had to fly far to become very hard to find. I'd guess at least one Navy MDSU is packing up their dive gear for a road trip as we speak.
I think this was land-based ops, nothing to do with ships. It's the F-35B FRS, so might have been a student. F-35B is STOVL, not cat launched.
I think this was land-based ops, nothing to do with ships. It's the F-35B FRS, so might have been a student. F-35B is STOVL, not cat launched.
09-18-2023, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp
Nothing but flat ocean off the coast. Ejected with AP-on. Who knows how long it flew. I doubt it went down over land.
They're removed for real ops obviously, and some select exercises.
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