“She was ranked first in defending the fleet from simulated attacks by enemy aircraft and in air refueling, and second in tactics to evade enemy aircraft and in combined familiarization with tactics and aircraft.”
LOL... Yeah, we all saw her skill level.
“She overshot the landing area’s centerline and attempted to correct the mistake. Her correction disrupted the airflow into her Tomcat’s left engine, which caused it to fail. “
She was pushed through training like women are in Ranger school today, and had no business there.
Another ridiculous and unnecessary death caused by too much bowing to political-correctness.
she was just a victim of a well-known deficiency in the F-14’s Pratt & Whitney engine.
If it's such a well-known deficiency, shouldn't such a good pilot have avoided the problem? They report this like it wasn't a screw-up, but I think it was a screw-up. And let's be clear: everybody screws up. But if it's a woman, then it's the engine's fault.
Wikipedia:
Her call signs were “Hulk” or “She-Hulk”, for her ability to bench press 200 pounds (91 kg), her 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) frame,[1] and a play on her surname. Following a television appearance in which she wore noticeable makeup, she received the additional call sign of “Revlon”.[4]
If the plane’s deficiency was “well-known” why didn’t she know about it as a professional Naval aviator?
Even the investigation got political. I read once that they put other pilots in simulators in her situation and most also crashed. But then the pilots said they wouldn’t have gotten into that situation and when they started the simulation a few seconds earlier most of the pilots survived.
I think there was an NICS episode about a pilot like that.
Too many errors in this article to correct. I suggest if you want a good synopsis of the Hultgreen incident, watch the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFUXshaaMQM
She wasn't qualified, and it wasn't an accident. It was a mistake which she caused.
Bill Clinton was pushing this stupid women in combat crap, and it did of course do what everyone expected it to do.
"In 1994 while approaching the USS Abraham Lincoln during the daytime, her F-14 experienced a compressor stall with the left engine, a worst-case scenario. She mismanaged the emergency and the airplane flipped inverted. The radar intercept officer, LT Matt Klemish, in her backseat, initiated ejection in time to save his own life, but Kara was killed.
"In this episode Ward analyzes the aeromechanics of the F-14 during single engine emergencies and reviews the "bold face" procedures - steps that must be committed to memory - that Lt. Hultgreen should have followed during the emergency situation she faced.
I have to ask the question. Exactly what problem did allowing for female pilots solve? Was it because we didn’t have enough male pilots?
I suppose her ejection seat was defective, too.
