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Three dead in F/A18 jet crash.

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by bigpern23, Dec 8, 2008.

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  1. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Hate to let you in on real life, but that IS the locker-room mentality.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Dec 9, 2008
    #37
  2. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    And then it happens to you, and you are ruined.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Dec 9, 2008
    #38
  3. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    12.
    It's a rule.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Dec 9, 2008
    #39
  4. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Hope he's prepared for it, then.
     
    three_bags_full, Dec 9, 2008
    #40
  5. KG

    KG Active Member

    Two-four miles can be flown very quickly in an F/A18. It's not like when something goes wrong, the pilot could have known exactly where it would go down in an instant. Maybe there was no time to get it to open water or the runway. I'm sure he did everything he could to prevent what happened.
     
    KG, Dec 9, 2008
    #41
  6. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    The witness said it appeared the pilot was trying to avoid the area.
     
    three_bags_full, Dec 9, 2008
    #42
  7. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    His first concern was missing the adjacent school, I'm guessing.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Dec 9, 2008
    #43
  8. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Not to be glib, because I've got to believe that if the pilot was conscious that he would be doing everything he could to avoid the area, but how could it possibly appear from the ground that he was doing so when his plane ended up crashing into the neighborhood?
     
    PeteyPirate, Dec 9, 2008
    #44
  9. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081209-9999-7n9jetdown.html

    From the story:
    Steve Diamond, a retired naval aviator from Tierrasanta, found the pilot in a tree behind a house just east of University City High School. He helped the man, whom he described as a lieutenant in his 20s, down from the tree.

    Diamond said the pilot told him that after he lost power in the first engine, a decision was made to get the jet to Miramar on the remaining engine.

    “He was making motions with his hand, like he was trying to throttle up, and he said there was no power,” said Matthew Gorsuch, a former helicopter door gunner in the Navy who lives near the crash site. “He said he was trying to find a clearing, but he ran out of time.”
     
    playthrough, Dec 9, 2008
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  10. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    12 Americans or 1,200 Indonesians. Sliding scale.
     
    Ace, Dec 9, 2008
    #46
  11. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    The witness, the same guy who found the pilot, was a retired pilot. Maybe he saw something that indicated the young Marine was trying to put it where he wanted it.

    If he was flying by himself, he's had PLENTY of engine failure training, and probably did the best he could.
     
    three_bags_full, Dec 9, 2008
    #47
  12. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Let's go ahead and ask this question: Why - given the millions of square miles of unoccupied land and water to which we have access in this country - is military flight training conducted anywhere near major population centers?
     
    jgmacg, Dec 9, 2008
    #48
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