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1 posted on 07/07/2015 12:20:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Yikes. Not much left of the Cessna, I’d guess.


2 posted on 07/07/2015 12:21:03 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: BenLurkin

F-16 pilot “Hey, did you feel a bump?”


3 posted on 07/07/2015 12:23:24 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( "Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: BenLurkin

I’d venture to guess that 99% of the time the Cessna is going to lose that battle.


4 posted on 07/07/2015 12:25:12 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: BenLurkin

Another Iraqi Pilot training mission?


6 posted on 07/07/2015 12:28:40 PM PDT by McGruff (Eat a snickers...)
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To: BenLurkin

Let’s have the name and rank of the ejected pilot.


7 posted on 07/07/2015 12:32:15 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: BenLurkin

This is like a Mustang 5.0 hitting a scooter.

Was the F-16 pilot NOT PAYING ATTENTION?


8 posted on 07/07/2015 12:40:03 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: BenLurkin
Authorities from the base said it was gathering a team of investigators to determine what happened.

Just off hand, I'd say that the pilots of both crafts attempted to occupy the same space, which didn't work out so well for either. Investigation complete!

9 posted on 07/07/2015 12:40:31 PM PDT by dware (Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
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To: BenLurkin

I’d hate to see the Cessna pilot’s insurance bill once they settle up on the lost F-16.


10 posted on 07/07/2015 12:43:11 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BenLurkin

Ironically, a Cessna is lovingly called a ‘bug smasher’.


11 posted on 07/07/2015 12:47:07 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: BenLurkin

2nd story I have seen today about this incident and still nothing on the Cessna 152 occupant(s). I guess they are still looking for them.


14 posted on 07/07/2015 12:51:08 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: BenLurkin

Cessna may have been in restricted airspace. One report I heard was that jets from the nearby air base train in that area which usually means that private/commercial traffic is restricted during set training times.


21 posted on 07/07/2015 1:19:25 PM PDT by CedarDave (Bush vs. Clinton in 2016? If you have a 24-year old car, the bumper stickers are still good!)
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Use to fly a 150, it’s a puddle jumper!


26 posted on 07/07/2015 1:27:29 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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The F-16 pilot must have been texting at the time...


32 posted on 07/07/2015 2:12:13 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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I was under the impression that an F16 had the ability to lock on to enemy aircraft in any weather condition, otherwise how could they make intercepts in instrument conditions or night time with no lights, etc.?

So I also was under the impression that this same equipment would give them the ability to avoid aircraft they wish to avoid, whether enemy or civilian.

Would a real fighter pilot shed light on this topic?

My medical aged out long ago, but I am nevertheless curious..

I flew into a little airport (Sumter) adjacent to Shaw many many times over a 40 year period and in and out of Charleston many times.

I always did both on an IFR plan no matter what the weather. Those hot rods made me nervous. and I wanted all the help I could get.

33 posted on 07/07/2015 2:15:52 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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Demolition Derby, in the air.


38 posted on 07/07/2015 2:39:13 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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