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CelticWarrior
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by CelticWarrior » 30 Jul 2011, 06:54
MIKE JG wrote: Surprised he didn't eject. Latest rumor floating around is that this was the Wing Commander.....
Now that would make oi larf!
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by Stewart Pearson » 30 Jul 2011, 13:59
MIKE JG wrote: Surprised he didn't eject. Latest rumor floating around is that this was the Wing Commander.....
I think you neeed to place a bit more emphasis in your sentence Mike.
Latest rumor floating around is that this
was the Wing Commander.
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by MIKE JG » 30 Jul 2011, 14:37
LOL! We'll have to watch the job postings for the AL ANG pilot slots.....
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by fishlips » 30 Jul 2011, 16:33
I'd say he did eject, all in BROWN.
delbydoo
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by delbydoo » 30 Jul 2011, 19:22
fishlips wrote: I'd say he did eject, all in BROWN.
Am I right in thinking that the Fury that went off-road at the same event kept his nose-wheel intact?
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by MIKE JG » 31 Jul 2011, 02:21
From the reports, the Fury was not damaged. That's good because it's the only flying example in the world.
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Victory103
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by Victory103 » 31 Jul 2011, 03:36
Just reading that normally anything over taxi speed it's recommended to eject, Vipers tend to flip over in the dirt easy. Great pic of a 80's Nellis based Viper that was rebuilt, crashed, rebuilt again after an off-runway trip. Not sure if the SE ANG package had this tail#, but don't remove it yet.
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by MIKE JG » 25 Feb 2012, 16:37
So he gets "fog" in the cockpit because the environmental system craps out and instead of declaring an emergency and getting as much help as he can, he decides to continue with a downwind landing and tell no one he's having visibility issues????
That makes no sense what so ever. Something tells me we're not getting the whole story.
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