Has Drebble been working on the Dutch's F-16s?

WutWuzDat · 09-21-06, 07:44 PM

Today another Dutch F-16 crashed... (It's the 3rd Accident with a Dutch F-16 this year)...this time a 2-seater

Fortunatly nobody got hurt... pilots could use the ejection seats in time!

Quote:

The Hague - An F-16 jet fighter of the Dutch Royal Air Force crashed Thursday at the Volkel air base in the south-eastern Netherlands Thursday, the Defence Ministry said in The Hague.

The pilot and co-pilot were able to use their ejector seats and escaped without injury during a landing exercise.

The F-16 is the third to have been lost by the Dutch in recent weeks.

In July, one of the US-designed aircraft came down off the Dutch coast. The pilot was rescued by helicopter.

Last month, a Dutch F-16 crashed over southern Afghanistan with the loss of the pilot. While the reason for the crash remains unclear, the Defence Ministry said at the time that the aircraft was flying too high for it to have been shot down.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/e..._no_fatalities

TteFAboB · 09-22-06, 06:33 AM

Time to close the coffee shops around Volkel air base.

Drebbel · 09-22-06, 07:17 AM

It wasn't me

Luckily the pilots are ok. Just vefore the crash they had been decorated :-)

Perilscope · 09-22-06, 09:28 AM

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The F-16 is the third to have been lost by the Dutch in recent weeks.

What's up with the Dutch and their F-16, 3 down in a month? Is it maintenance, bad maneuvering or what?
It reminds me of the bad luck Canadians have with their CF18 hornets.

tycho102 · 09-22-06, 01:06 PM

Those things do tend to drop out of the sky, from time to time. Many times it boils back to poor maintenance practices. Sometimes it's a bad batch of parts.

I don't know anything about the F-16, but the avionics are usually made pretty idiot proof. "Operator error" in clear open sky is highly unlikely. And if the guy had caved in the landing gear, he'd still be on the runway. FOD (foreign object damage) down the engine compressor blades is possible, but I have seen a F-18 take a fuel cap down the right engine, and the god damn pilot didn't even know it until he'd arrived at his destination and the plane captain came out of the intakes completely discombobulated. Those engines are made to survive, single engine ground attack planes even moreso.

So, I'm inclined toward maintenance or part QA.

Drebbel · 09-25-06, 02:19 AM

Some more piccies:

Immacolata · 09-25-06, 03:43 AM

Perhaps the dutch air force decided they needed new toys. So they came up with this ingenious plan to "total" their entire air fleet and claim the insurance. Too late they realized that they are self-insured.

Fish · 09-25-06, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Immacolata

Perhaps the dutch air force decided they needed new toys. So they came up with this ingenious plan to "total" their entire air fleet and claim the insurance. Too late they realized that they are self-insured.

We have one left.

09-22-06, 06:33 AM	#2
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Time to close the coffee shops around Volkel air base. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

09-22-06, 07:17 AM	#3
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It wasn't me Luckily the pilots are ok. Just vefore the crash they had been decorated :-) __________________ - The Floggings Will Continue Until Moral Improves -

09-22-06, 01:06 PM	#5
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Those things do tend to drop out of the sky, from time to time. Many times it boils back to poor maintenance practices. Sometimes it's a bad batch of parts. I don't know anything about the F-16, but the avionics are usually made pretty idiot proof. "Operator error" in clear open sky is highly unlikely. And if the guy had caved in the landing gear, he'd still be on the runway. FOD (foreign object damage) down the engine compressor blades is possible, but I have seen a F-18 take a fuel cap down the right engine, and the god damn pilot didn't even know it until he'd arrived at his destination and the plane captain came out of the intakes completely discombobulated. Those engines are made to survive, single engine ground attack planes even moreso. So, I'm inclined toward maintenance or part QA. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

09-25-06, 02:19 AM	#6
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Some more piccies: __________________ - The Floggings Will Continue Until Moral Improves -

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09-25-06, 03:43 AM	#7
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Perhaps the dutch air force decided they needed new toys. So they came up with this ingenious plan to "total" their entire air fleet and claim the insurance. Too late they realized that they are self-insured.