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gosub
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This, if make it back to Portsmouth having only lost 1 aircraft (and no pilots) on an extended tour doing well
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gosub
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vortecies strong enough to flip a star fighter
gosub
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No, coz FAA isn't paintign US Marine livery on UK owned aircraft, they are US owned ones
nogojones
spelling is overrated
A pilot with my work ethic. Some days you really just can't be arsed. Full 10 points on the industrial sabotage scale.
This bloke could win the “biggest ever cock up at work” thread, by about 90 million quid.
T & P
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I know I am not a pilot and even as a keen amateur I have fuck all right to question events I have no expertise on, but isn’t it at least somewhat puzzling for a modern plane to ditch shortly after takeoff even at sea? Certainly if it was a routine training exercise, which presumably would not go ahead if the weather conditions had turned nasty. I can get things going wrong during actual war game manoeuvres, but a crash shortly after takeoff in assumed benign weather conditions would suggest either a significant human error or an even more significant hardware failure.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
That guy who set fire to the USS Bonhomme Richard cost the USN about $2 billion.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Where are the medals for the real heroes?
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
They left a cover on it which got sucked into the lift fan and presumably destroyed it.
2hats
Dust.
As per DD sounds like it could be a "remove before flight" failure. More generally, statistically riskiest portions of flight are (i) take-off/climb-out and (ii) descent/landing. Because (i) prep errors/failure at start-up/power settings/fuel load and (ii) fatigue/resource exhaustion/mechanical wear/power settings, but also proximity to Mother Earth and other traffic ie safety margin reductions. (See 'Bathtub Curve').
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gosub
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The ‘Flying-V,’ a Fuel-Efficient Alternative to Jumbo Jets, Flies for the First Time
A scaled version of the V-Wing made its first flight, showing that alternative designs could become long-distance aircraft of the future.
robbreport.com
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Looks like he ejected when he realised plane no go fast.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
I think that's when the pilot said "fuck it, I'm out"
mx wcfc
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Don't ejector seats work with a small explosion to send the pilot clear?
Why was the plane going so slow?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Something (some sort of engine cover) got sucked in to one of the intakes apparently, was upthread a bit.
Naughty foreign object.
Someone had a very bad day at the office...
High Voltage
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"Someone's" going to be working a lot of unpaid over time I think
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Trying to reduce accidents in built up areas. The slower you're going the less harm you can do.
T & P
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In a civvie job you would expect to get the sack. What kind of consequences a human error like this might have in the military? Dock in wages? Demotion? A period in military brig? Dishonourable discharge? A combination of the above?
High Voltage
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I was thinking similar, it must be said - I could understand things like this happening when "at war" - but peace time, when the risks are known - not so sympathetic, I'll be honest
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
There's definitely a very funny nickname in the pipeline.
High Voltage
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Some of the stories I hear from Mrs Voltz - granted, mainly concerning the Army and how kit gets treated / mis-treated really do piss me off a bit, especially, when I'm paying for it . . . all, personally
