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Posted: 10/17/2004 9:43:32 PM EDT
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That F-15 is an Izzy one as I remember. Mid air collision during training. Apparantly the air intake supplied a surprising amount of lift. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 9:52:07 PM EDT
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Actually it was the right horizontal stabilator that made the difference. The pilots told me that it is equal in size to the T-37 Tweet's wing, and that is enough wing surface to offset the aircraft from spinning out of control (if used properly). |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 9:52:47 PM EDT
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Wasn't that an awfully large caliber just to hunt deer?
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Posted: 10/17/2004 9:58:10 PM EDT
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We had a guard unit come to Germany to train on our F-16c block 20s before we transfered them over to them. they brought thier A-7s over with them and about two days before departure they had a little mishap. As they towed a A-7 to another spot, they disconnected the towbar from the aircraft and got ready to move on. they realized they forgot to chalk the aircraft as the radome punched through the back window of the tug. I only wish I had a camera that day.
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Posted: 10/17/2004 10:02:20 PM EDT
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I got some pictures somewhere where the towbar broke when towing a F-16 and the nose of it when thru the back window on the tug also. If I can find them I will post them. |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 10:59:38 PM EDT
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Good thing they chocked the other wheel..................... otherwise it might've started rolling............ |
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Posted: 10/17/2004 11:05:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/18/2004 3:43:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/18/2004 4:52:11 AM EDT
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75K easy. In my old Navy F-18 squadron we had an incident were a tracktor hit the Horiz Stabilizer. Its a carbon fiber part that cost 190k. Dammage nowere near as extream as that Eagle. Plus it was down for over a month and a haf while Depot level maintnence stripped that whole area down to NDI (non destructive Inspection..... microscopic crack check) some of the critical joints and metal components of the aft fuse. Hell we pay 10 grand for a toilet seat right?  JIM |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 5:53:48 AM EDT
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This is what happened in CMJohnson's quoted accident where the jet departed the runway and broke apart. You photos are, I believe, our incident at Mtn Home with our wing CC in the seat. We (at Mtn Home) had the same thing happen two times on landing and a third found broke on the ground. F-15 E fleet-wide problem.... |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 6:09:06 AM EDT
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He ruined the tenderloins and backstraps! 
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Posted: 10/18/2004 6:22:28 AM EDT
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You'd think they'd do something with that AGM-65 before people started walking around it. |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 7:22:40 AM EDT
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It looks inert to me..... I think thats a blue stripe around it.
JIM |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 10:58:42 AM EDT
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Here are some pics of a VP-64 P-3 in Pago Pago. A little old from 1980.
Before:  After hitting a tramway cable and shearing off the vertical stab and just before crashing into the Hotel:  Here is VP-47 off the coast of Oman:   VP-50 in Adak:  VQ-2   VP-1 in Hawaii. I watched this one come in for landing - thought it looked funny.  VP-62 in Jacksonville. Never service O2 with grease around. Brand new P-3C U III AIP (U$75million)  Inside view  Fritz Fritz |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 11:09:22 AM EDT
[#15]
Here are some hornet pics:
  Tomcat pic 
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Posted: 10/18/2004 11:21:48 AM EDT
[#16]
Hornet pilot brought it back with no nose? Impressive.
And what's the story behind the F-14 without a RIO and canopy? |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 11:24:15 AM EDT
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I thought inert weapons were all blue, not just a stripe. |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 11:27:04 AM EDT
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That F14 had some boat driver, non aircrew in the back. They were doing some G warmups, and he held onto the wrong handle. Ooops.
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Posted: 10/18/2004 11:29:30 AM EDT
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SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!! |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 11:42:26 AM EDT
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I was always taught that you only consider the side with the fewest points. So, 5 point here. |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 12:09:43 PM EDT
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My father used to fly in Navy EA-6B's (VAQ-135) and he told me a story about an EA-6B pilot that somehow shutoff both perfectly good engines while he was lining up to land on an aircraft carrier. He was too low to try and restart the engines, so he and his crew had no choice but to eject from a perfectly good aircraft. They put him back in the cockpit of another EA-6B afterwards from what my father told me. |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 12:12:22 PM EDT
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The horizontal stabs are independent and can provide a significant amount of roll or in this case, lift. Planerench out. |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 12:26:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/18/2004 12:26:47 PM EDT
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So, what's the deal with the F14 with no canopy?
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Posted: 10/18/2004 12:45:35 PM EDT
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I suspect one pilot ejected and the other risked his life to land it? |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 1:13:13 PM EDT
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Somebody came down with claustrophobia?  
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Posted: 10/18/2004 1:18:46 PM EDT
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  I would like tyo have seen the look on his face .... the pilot and the ejectee ... |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 1:55:10 PM EDT
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I actually want to know about the F/A-18 with half a wing... |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 3:35:23 PM EDT
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That was a midair in a training exercise. The other plane, also a Hornet, landed safely as well. It sustained moderate damage.
I've heard that trading paint isn't really all that uncommon in air-to-air exercises, but that's quite a bit more than paint! CJ |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 3:37:22 PM EDT
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...and one of the most uncomfortable seats imaginable.
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Posted: 10/18/2004 3:45:12 PM EDT
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No Maverick there...it's a LANTIRN pod.
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Posted: 10/18/2004 4:23:16 PM EDT
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Yep. It'll keep the after dinner conversation around the table to an absolute MINIMUM. I HATE long, drawn-out after dinner conversations at the table! CJ |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 5:21:03 PM EDT
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Here are some from Afghanistan where a F-16 landed on a slick runway and could not stop. It ran off the end of the runway and came to a stop in the middle of a minefield, that's the reason for lifting it out with the helo.
  
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Posted: 10/18/2004 5:30:37 PM EDT
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The Turkey driver was taking up a cruiser CO (surface warrior) for a quick indoc flight. When the pilot began a negative G maneuver, the ship driver instinctively grabbed the very wrong handle between his legs to "hang on". The seat worked exactly as designed, and the passenger O-6 left the plane in a big hurry.
He wasn't hurt badly in the ejection and landed safely on the desert floor. His EPIRB worked well and the Turkey driver helped bring in the rescue helo. The CO was checked out and returned to duty in command of his AEGIS cruiser in San Diego. Can you just imagine the conversation between the pilot and the tower? What a story for your grandkids! |
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Posted: 10/18/2004 5:32:31 PM EDT
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It is an inert Maverick. AGM-65 MAVERICK  The pods mounted underneath this F-16 are LANTIRN pods. 
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Posted: 10/18/2004 5:34:44 PM EDT
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No comment from DK-Prof on the flying abilities of his countrymen? Was he airforce before he went infantry?
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Posted: 10/18/2004 5:42:06 PM EDT
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My bad. I though you were refering to the F-15E pics. I didn't click on the link to the A-10 collapsed gear...
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Posted: 10/19/2004 4:40:06 AM EDT
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TWO of those pods under the intake on the F-16 is a LANTIRN system. The third (in the middle) appears to be an ALQ-131 ECM pod.
He's carrying a lot of expensive electronics there, buddy! That F-16 pilot (minefield) must consider himself to be very lucky indeed. It'd be pretty insulting to have to explain to your CO that your fighter got blown up by a LANDMINE! It just MIGHT be a first. CJ |
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Posted: 10/19/2004 4:59:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/19/2004 8:13:31 AM EDT
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A friend of mine who was a hydraulics troop at RAF Lakenheath UK sent these to me:
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Posted: 10/19/2004 8:17:32 AM EDT
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That one is GPO! |
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Posted: 10/19/2004 8:22:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/21/2004 6:24:16 PM EDT
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bump
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Posted: 10/21/2004 6:45:35 PM EDT
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I could fix that.
At the very least, I want the cockpit section. I'll make a home simulator with that as the basis for it! CJ |
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Posted: 10/21/2004 6:46:42 PM EDT
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It'll certainly make one hell of an easy chair! |
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Posted: 10/21/2004 6:59:56 PM EDT
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I see seats and helmets. Did the crew make it out ok? And that headless AIM-9 would make me a little nervous.
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Posted: 10/21/2004 7:19:28 PM EDT
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Yes, the crew made it. The pilot received some cuts and bruises, but the backseater reportedly got both arms broken. He's lucky, considering.
Heck, I'd just like to get their helmets and O2 masks. It'd be nice to put them in the collection, and they have stories behind them. Standard operating procedure is that no personal safety gear should be re-used if the aircraft is involved in a major accident, regardless of the condition of the gear afterwards, so those helmets and masks wouldn't be used again anyway. CJ |
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Posted: 10/21/2004 7:20:51 PM EDT
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Inert AIM-9. |
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Posted: 10/21/2004 7:24:16 PM EDT
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... not crashed, rather hit by SAM
 
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Posted: 10/21/2004 7:33:57 PM EDT
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Last fall I was in the forward-most passenger seat of Beechcraft King-Air, looking out the front between the pilots, while we were landing at dusk. As soon as we touched down, a couple of deer ran across the runway a good ways ahead of us. ...got our attention. I had a headset on: Tower: Did you see that? Pilot: Kill 'em all.  |
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