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F22 Raptor crash @ NELLIS AFB
12/20/04
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Posted on 12/20/2004 4:51:48 PM PST by BurbankKarl
MilAir scanner sources indicate a new F22 Raptor has crashed at Nellis. Pilot was seen ejecting.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: eject; fa22; fa22raptor; nellisafb; planecrash
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To: BurbankKarl
To: BurbankKarl
Hope the pilot is OK, but isn't that a quarter billion dollar plane?
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:53:11 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal Creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it.)
To: BurbankKarl
Hope the pilot is well. Looks like we are pushing the envelope which is a good thing in the long run.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:53:18 PM PST
by
fooman
((Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation))
To: BurbankKarl
Uh oh. Thanks for the report.
To: fooman
To: BurbankKarl
Sure hope it isn't the one I asked Santa for.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:54:50 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
("The right of the People to be Muttly shall not be infringed,")
To: BurbankKarl
Those two pilots are obviously not in the same unit.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:55:20 PM PST
by
fooman
((Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation))
To: Moonman62
>>>... but isn't that a quarter billion dollar plane?
Not anymore.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:55:35 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(Democrats: Tolerant of all people and opinions. Except me & mine - Conservative, Christian.)
To: BurbankKarl
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:55:44 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: BurbankKarl
Prayers for the pilot and prayers for the program.
The Raptor may not be perfect (way expensive, and it needs better range if we need it against China), but it is critical for air superiority this upcoming decade.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:55:47 PM PST
by
Yossarian
(Remember: NOT ALL HEART ATTACKS HAVE TRADITIONAL SYMPTOMS)
To: BurbankKarl
To: Keith in Iowa
how does any one know if it crashed? Isn't it stealth?
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:56:25 PM PST
by
llevrok
To: fooman
You don't push envelopes with aircraft like this. You evaluate them per standards to validate performance vs. modeled data. Obviously there was either a defect or the expected result was not correct. I never got to test fly something brand new but did a lot of post maint test flying. Both can bite you.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:56:38 PM PST
by
Glock17
(Aim Center Mass)
To: llevrok
Yes..but the hole in the ground isn't..
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:57:22 PM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)
To: Yossarian
Agreed.
If the pilot ejected I am comfortably certain he is or will be fine.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:57:26 PM PST
by
VaBthang4
("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
To: Moonman62
Hope the pilot is OK, but isn't that a quarter billion dollar plane? It depends how you allocate the costs. What matters is not the sunk cost to develop the F-22 but the incremental cost to build another one.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:57:38 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
To: fooman
I didn't think there were any units except for the test pilots. A buddies son is flying those.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:57:55 PM PST
by
opbuzz
(Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
To: Yossarian
Nah! Junk the program and buy the Eurofighter instead.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:58:17 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Never Apologise. Never Explain)
To: llevrok
"how does any one know if it crashed? Isn't it stealth? The hole it made is non-stealthy
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:58:19 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(Strategery + Schardenfreude = Stratenschardenfreudery)
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