Harrier Pilot Does The Martin Baker Fly By

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Always thought this was a pretty scary vid, bird strikes an F-16.

that video - while scary - has been passed off as an F-16 numerous times. the link you provided, the maker actually goes so far as to splice footage of an F-16 into it.

the aircraft in question is reportedly a BAe Hawk from Cold Lake Alberta, Canada.

THIS is scary



a very close friend of mine was flying the Beech Baron which comes into view for about a nanosecond. they were on the way to Uvalde, Texas on an IFR flight plan. they canceled the IFR flight plan and continued to the airport visually, in the descent they went right through an active Military Training Route (which are not off limits).

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

that video - while scary - has been passed off as an F-16 numerous times. the link you provided, the maker actually goes so far as to splice footage of an F-16 into it.

the aircraft in question is reportedly a BAe Hawk from Cold Lake Alberta, Canada.

Oh ok, haha. Well the footage of the bird strike and the low altitude ejector seat - stuff is pretty scary.

THIS is scary



a very close friend of mine was flying the Beech Baron which comes into view for about a nanosecond. they were on the way to Uvalde, Texas on an IFR flight plan. they canceled the IFR flight plan and continued to the airport visually, in the descent they went right through an active Military Training Route (which are not off limits).

Yes. Not that I would know much about that but it seems that the skies are getting pretty crowded.

[Jimbuna]

Now that WAS scary John

[Oberon]

That was far too close! Brown alert there!

I do recall several instances during the Second World War where pilots stayed with their stricken planes to prevent them hitting civilian areas. Heroes those men, each and every one of them.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Oberon

That was far too close! Brown alert there!

I do recall several instances during the Second World War where pilots stayed with their stricken planes to prevent them hitting civilian areas. Heroes those men, each and every one of them.

Aye, Gallant chaps they where

HunterICX

[TLAM Strike]

The Sea Knight catches the fence at the edge of the heli pad, I guess the pilot increases power to get loose and causes it to flip.

[Oberon]

Sadly fatal too IIRC.

[Jimbuna]

Six marines and one sailor were lost:

On Dec. 9, 1999, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, with 18 people on board, crashed while attempting to land on the Navy tanker PECOS (T-AO 197) during a training exercise. The chopper's landing gear apparently snagged a metal safety net and the helicopter flipped over into the water and quickly sank.
Eleven Marines were rescued by special warfare crewmen on two nearby boats. But six Marines and a sailor drowned, their bodies recovered later from the sunken wreckage by an unmanned submersible vehicle.

http://navysite.de/planes/ch46.htm