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Crew treated after ejecting from S.C.-based Marine jet
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| 2-23-15
| Drew Wilson
Posted on 02/23/2015 11:30:22 PM PST by smokingfrog
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To: driftdiver
I don’t think these planes are really made to go low and slow unless they are landing.
Hey guys, that Hornet is no replacement for an A-10 or an Apache
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posted on
02/24/2015 9:14:02 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: driftdiver
That in-and-of-itself is a violation of peacetime training regulations. In combat the rules are different. Friend of mine was flying his A-10 as a wingman during a peacetime training mission along the east coast: he was looking at lead and behind while the fight lead looks out front. . .the flight lead called for a radio channel change to an ATC freq and when my friend looked inside for a sec to change channels he drifted low, looked up, saw TREES in his windscreen. . .hit the trees and flew out and up and called his flight lead; “Hog 11, I just hit a tree”. . .the usually busy ATC freq immediately went silent. . .everyone was stunned as that kind of call doesn't happen all that much.
I almost hit the ground myself a time or two.
It happens.
We don't what happened here.
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posted on
02/24/2015 9:25:07 AM PST
by
Hulka
To: GeronL
Flying low level is a training mission. . .and no, they are not going ‘slow’ when they do that.
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posted on
02/24/2015 9:26:56 AM PST
by
Hulka
To: Hulka
No we don’t know. Just seems more likely to my amateur eye. If it were an F16 I’d say it was the engine.
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posted on
02/24/2015 9:39:29 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Hulka
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posted on
02/24/2015 9:39:42 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
I dont think these planes are really made to go low and slow unless they are landing.Nonsense, my good man. As a former crop duster, I am looking forward to buying an F 18 on the surplus market and re-entering the business. No more of that 80 mph stuff for me! Do they have a USB port for my I-Pod?
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posted on
02/27/2015 9:17:46 AM PST
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Kenny Bunk
(Direct your anger at the GOP, not Obama.)
To: Kenny Bunk
Lol
I am sure the civilianized version will
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02/27/2015 9:44:29 AM PST
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GeronL
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