

Posted: 8/15/2017 10:11:16 PM EDT
Apparently, the gun kaboomed bigly.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2017/08/15/air-force-capt-lands-a-10-with-no-canopy-no-gear/ WASHINGTON Capt. Brett DeVries was 150 feet off the ground on a strafing run when the 30 mm gun of his A-10 misfired at the same moment the entire canopy of his aircraft blew off. DeVries, a pilot with the 107th Fighter Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard was training July 20 with wingman Maj. Shannon Vickers and two other A-10s over Michigans Grayling Air Gunnery Range. DeVries was in the middle of his second run when a donut of gas enveloped DeVries gun and aircraft. |
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His Thirdy Glok misfired
![]() Tough ass plane...... glad he put it down ok..... |
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I'm wondering how it blew off the canopy without blowing his ear drums. Maybe it set off the charge that blows it?
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The external canopy jettison handle is adjacent to the gun drum area. I suspect when the gun system malfunctioned it took out the hot gas initiator as well. Only logical explanation to me. First I have heard of it ever happening. I suspect there will be a TCTO in the near future to keep that from happening again.
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How effective are the helmets at hearing protection? Honest question not rhetorical or sarcastic. View Quote As far as passive noise reduction, I'm sure they do a fine job judging by the hearing of every fighter pilot I know. ?? |
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How effective are the helmets at hearing protection? Honest question not rhetorical or sarcastic. View Quote Pressurization isn't a problem at 150 feet. I lost pressurization a couple of times at 25K+ feet (pretty rapid, but not explosive), and didn't have any problems with my ears. We had plane lose a canopy during a PMCF flight, once. I think they were in the upper teens, or lower 20's when it happened. They brought it back for a normal landing (I was sitting at the hold short line), but they said they couldn't hear shit on the radios, because of the wind noise. |
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They can have that bird flying in no time. Flying tank is tough yo!
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That will buff out no problem..............
Damn A10 is a tank! |
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The old timers used to fly the KC-135 around in the pattern with the windows open on hot summer days.
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It sounds like the equipment on the aircraft was poorly maintained, and not inspected properly
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That's a bit of a leap. Sometimes stuff breaks. It could have been a bad round, or any of probably 20 other things. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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No, sir, I have NO idea where the seat is, but I do feel a bit bloated.
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Gonna need a new seat cushion, they couldn't find the old one.
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