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B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 19 Aug 2013, 19:49
by MIKE JG
Sucks to lose another Bone but glad the guys got out without serious injury.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-575 ... t-montana/
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 19 Aug 2013, 22:22
by Victory103
Glad the seats worked as advertised.
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 20 Aug 2013, 13:13
by Joecoastie
Glad they all got out.
Which one do we remove from the flight plans ?
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 20 Aug 2013, 14:07
by MIKE JG
We'll know soon enough.
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 20 Aug 2013, 20:33
by djnocturnal
Hard to believe this but I know Chad & his wife He had just lost his brother Reid in the MC-12 crash in April.
The U.S. Air Force has identified the aircrew involved in Monday's crash of a B-1B bomber near Broadus, Montana. The 4-man crew was instructor pilot Maj. Frank Biancardi II, instructor pilot Capt. Curtis Michael, instruction weapons systems officer Capt. Chad Nishizuka and instructor weapons systems officer Capt. Brandon Packard. The Air Force says all four crew members sustained non-life threatening injuries and are receiving treatment or have been released from medical facilities.
http://www.blackhillsfox.com/2013/08/20 ... -b-1-crash
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 21 Aug 2013, 02:14
by Victory103
Just read the names on another AF site I frequent.
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 21 Aug 2013, 13:48
by MIKE JG
Wow, small world for sure.
Interesting that all of them were IP's in their seat positions.
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 22 Aug 2013, 22:37
by Victory103
MIKE JG wrote:Wow, small world for sure.
Interesting that all of them were IP's in their seat positions.
Which can be a bad crew mix, think 2 CFI's together.
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 23 Aug 2013, 01:45
by MIKE JG
Yea, I know all too well......
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 01:02
by MIKE JG
Final report on this one, pretty crazy what they went through and after all the speculation, sounds like they did everything right and were lucky to live through it.
Also has links to the official USAF AIB report:
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 06:33
by maverick69
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 20:41
by Victory103
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 08 Jan 2014, 21:09
by MIKE JG
Whoops! That's what I get for posting late at night!
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 12:45
by Garysb
So the moral is always check your fold down baffle before flying - before anything really
Gary
Re: B-1B down in Montana, crew ejected safely
Posted: 09 Jan 2014, 13:03
by LEBTowerGuy
Garysb wrote:So the moral is always check your fold down baffle before flying - before anything really
Gary
I always check mine...daily.