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3 Dead in Crash of Navy Training Jet in Fannin County (Link Only)
April 12, 2010 | Michael King

Posted on 04/12/2010 5:56:22 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=142766&catid=40'


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: accident; military; navair; navy; t39; tragedy; vt86

1 posted on 04/12/2010 5:56:22 PM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
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To: Cheap_Hessian

RIP.


2 posted on 04/12/2010 5:59:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

Dang! Prayers for the good guys.


3 posted on 04/12/2010 6:00:00 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

praying.............how sad


4 posted on 04/12/2010 6:01:00 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

sad news


5 posted on 04/12/2010 6:01:57 PM PDT by GeronL (Entitlement Zombies will become real zombies when the money runs out)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

RIP...I’m a retired Senior Chief’s wife. It hits hard.

Tribute to our Troops, Give Me Jesus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdBJ40AMlJA&feature=related


6 posted on 04/12/2010 6:02:32 PM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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7 posted on 04/12/2010 6:10:50 PM PDT by magslinger (Cry MALAISE! and let slip the dogs of incompetence.)
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To: Cheap_Hessian
VT-86 again.
8 posted on 04/12/2010 6:26:49 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Cheap_Hessian
T-39s have been used for Navy flight training since the early 1960s — a great jet. T-39Ds were replaced by T-47A Cessna Citation II in the mid-80s, but they had airframe & performance problems; all but one destroyed in a hangar fire. Navy refurbished a number of T-39s, re-designated T-39N. It might turn out to be a matter of pilot error, but nonetheless sad that our warriors are having to use aircraft 50+ years old (to say nothing of the B-52!). Trillions for public employee union payoffs and Obamacare, but we can't provide Student Naval Flight Officers (SNFOs) and their instructors with modern equipment.


9 posted on 04/12/2010 6:40:15 PM PDT by twister881
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“It might turn out to be a matter of pilot error”

I sure hope the pilot wasn’t buzzing the family farm...


10 posted on 04/14/2010 5:37:08 AM PDT by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!!)
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To: Cheap_Hessian

Local rag says 4 dead....

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/authorities-4-believed-dead-460041.html

RIP brothers.


11 posted on 04/14/2010 5:42:48 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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To: PilotDave
The T-39 is used for both visual and radar low level navigation training for the Student Naval Flight Officers (SNFOs). Also used for higher altitude air-to-air intercept and cross-country navigation. Often flying close to the ground, so if an emergency occurs, there is not much time to react.
12 posted on 04/14/2010 8:35:25 AM PDT by twister881
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