“Snort” Snodgrass Killed in Airplane Accident
07-25-2021, 02:07 PM
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“Snort” Snodgrass Killed in Airplane Accident
07-26-2021, 12:18 AM
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When he retired, he was the pilot with the highest time in the F-14, having logged more than 4,900 flight hours (including 34 combat missions over Iraq in 1991 during Desert Storm) and 1,200 arrested landings on aircraft carriers. Among his records, he was also a TOPGUN graduate and instructor.
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Originally Posted by Hopscotch
08-10-2021, 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
The flight profile looks exactly like cases where the elevator controls were reversed during maintenance or the build.
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08-10-2021, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
The flight profile looks exactly like cases where the elevator controls were reversed during maintenance or the build.
Although you' think he'd reject the T/O if the controls were frozen when he tried to level the nose on the roll. Or try to reverse the controls, people have managed to figure that out before.
I'd like to think a guy like that might have had the reactions to identify and remove the gust lock quickly enough on the fly. Probably depends on the gust lock design though, no idea for that plane.
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