CF-18 Crash
07-23-2010, 05:36 PM
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Glad to hear Bews is ok.
Here is the link to the Vancouver Sun, with photos and videos. Quite horrifying.
Pilot survives fiery fighter jet crash in Alberta
Mink: you mean this first picture here? I see one closed and one open, but what does it mean? And is the pilot unconscious? Why is his head drooping down to his chest? Where are his arms?
Photoblog - Pilot ejects an instant before fighterjet crashes
Here is the link to the Vancouver Sun, with photos and videos. Quite horrifying.
Pilot survives fiery fighter jet crash in Alberta
Mink: you mean this first picture here? I see one closed and one open, but what does it mean? And is the pilot unconscious? Why is his head drooping down to his chest? Where are his arms?
Photoblog - Pilot ejects an instant before fighterjet crashes
Last edited by vagabond; 07-23-2010 at 10:10 PM. Reason: added new link to pictures to which Mink referred
07-23-2010, 06:45 PM
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Eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable, but a failure at that particular time (during that maneuver I mean) is a well practiced EP. It is sad to lose the airframe but I'm glad the pilot made it out in time.
That is quite the dramatic photo in the second article!
USMCFLYR
That is quite the dramatic photo in the second article!
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, I'd show you. Just have to trust me on this one.
07-24-2010, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable, but a failure at that particular time (during that maneuver I mean) is a well practiced EP. It is sad to lose the airframe but I'm glad the pilot made it out in time.
That is quite the dramatic photo in the second article!
USMCFLYR
That is quite the dramatic photo in the second article!
USMCFLYR
Well practiced yes...but normal altitude loss for SE in the High Alpha pass(In a C Model) is 400-450'. It's the reason why the USN Legacy Demo's target 500-700AGL/25 alpha and not 35. I don't know what Boozer's altitude was on entry but if they flew the HAP lower than 500'AGL, there really is no way of recovering the jet, and that is IF the EP is done 100% spot on.
Glad Boozer is ok
07-24-2010, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by BDGERJMN
Well practiced yes...but normal altitude loss for SE in the High Alpha pass(In a C Model) is 400-450'. It's the reason why the USN Legacy Demo's target 500-700AGL/25 alpha and not 35. I don't know what Boozer's altitude was on entry but if they flew the HAP lower than 500'AGL, there really is no way of recovering the jet, and that is IF the EP is done 100% spot on.
Glad Boozer is ok
Glad Boozer is ok
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