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09-07-2022 | 11:05 AM

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joepilot

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Ref the shoot down idea: Any kill is a kill. The F-16 jocks would have been fighting over who got to take the shot, and then it would count on their OERs as an enemy aircraft destroyed. Believe it.

Joe

09-07-2022 | 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by joepilot

In the case of an airplane occupied only by a hijacker(s), then yeah sure.

But I have a friend who flew an interceptor mission on the morning of 9/11, and it still bothers him to this day that he might have had to splash an airliner full of innocent people. He was seriously conflicted while afterburning to his assigned CAP. As it turned out, no hijackings showed up in his airspace.

If I was in that position, that's a shot I would have gladly let somebody else take, if practical. Fangs-out fighter pilots are not necessarily psychopaths.

09-07-2022 | 12:34 PM

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JamesNoBrakes

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

Rich would have flowed to AS if he could have pulled off a crash landing.

He did pull of a crash landing.

09-07-2022 | 01:18 PM

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He did pull of a crash landing.

There wasn't much "landing" in it.

09-07-2022 | 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

There wasn't much "landing" in it.

The airplane is mostly intact, I’d call that a win.

09-07-2022 | 06:07 PM

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The airplane is mostly intact, I’d call that a win.

I was talking about Rich, the QX dude.

09-07-2022 | 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

I was talking about Rich, the QX dude.

All airplanes have an equal number of takeoffs and landings. It just depends if the landing was one where you can taxi the plane to its parking position, and walk away from it.

09-07-2022 | 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TransWorld

All airplanes have an equal number of takeoffs and landings. It just depends if the landing was one where you can taxi the plane to its parking position, and walk away from it.

I would argue a "landing" is something you can survive. At least one occupant, otherwise it's a crash.

A good landing is where you can use the plane again.

09-08-2022 | 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TransWorld

All airplanes have an equal number of takeoffs and landings. It just depends if the landing was one where you can taxi the plane to its parking position, and walk away from it.

All takeoffs are optional… All landings, however, are compulsory.

09-08-2022 | 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

I would argue a "landing" is something you can survive. At least one occupant, otherwise it's a crash.

A good landing is where you can use the plane again.

Then why is it called a “crash landing”?