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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
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To: VaBthang4
Just heard on the news that he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, but appeared to be OK.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:04:58 PM PST
by
gc4nra
( this tag line protected by Kimber and the First Amendment (I voted for McClintock))
To: G32
Jessica Biel at F/A 37 Talon pilot?
To: gc4nra
To: BurbankKarl
When I first saw that plane I knew it wasn't real because of the hot chick sitting in the pilot's seat.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:06:11 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
(Kerry surrendered Florida faster than he surrendered the Mekong Delta)
To: Boot Hill
Boot Hill that crash happened back in 92', they fixed the problem since then. This is something different, there have been test flights of the F/A-22 for the past decade, and this is only the second crash. Something went wrong that hasn't happened before.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:06:22 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
To: caisson71
"This happens during testing so that it doesn't happen when it hits production. It is part of R&D."
Less likely anyways. Planes crash, always have, always will. It is too early to conjecture what the cause of this mishap was, design, maint, or pilot. Losing aircraft and test pilots is simply an unfortunate part of the process. Things are safer now, but the danger will always be there for this kind of thing. Sounds like he got out, thats the important thing.
To: BurbankKarl
Oh wow. . .now isn't that a politically-correct diversity photo of the century.
To: Moonman62
Hope the pilot is OK, but isn't that a quarter billion dollar plane? Debug it now or debug it later in combat.....
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:08:57 PM PST
by
konaice
To: BurbankKarl
I heard it crashed on takeoff.
To: BladeLWS
"...they fixed the problem since then." LOL, made an adjustment to the pilot, did they?
--Boot Hill
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:09:28 PM PST
by
Boot Hill
(Candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo, candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo!!!)
To: balrog666
1.2 billion dollars of our tax money down the drain!Y'all might want to take an economics class, and work in the private manufacturing sector.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:10:44 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: Boot Hill
I guess you could say that ;)
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:10:45 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
To: Diverdogz
But I already have a NAME for it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:12:16 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
("The right of the People to be Muttly shall not be infringed,")
To: BurbankKarl
If the ejection lasts more than 4 hours, seek medical assistance... like a pretty nurse.
To: BurbankKarl
Those are not US Pilots. Note, no codpieces. :-)
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:14:55 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: PoorMuttly
,,, as it happens, that was the very one Santa had earmarked for you Muttly. It's now in a heavily modified state. A Raptor is still a Raptor (ho-ho-ho!!).
To: Gunrunner2
No kidding, that photo is one major PC gag!
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:18:59 PM PST
by
SolutionsOnly
(but some people really NEED to be offended...)
To: BurbankKarl
WTF is that??
Cousin Mark "punky" B is an F/A 22 Pilot for the USMC - was the top AV-8B pilot before transitioning when it was still the X22
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:19:08 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
To: FireTrack
I heard it crashed on takeoff.
Something as simple as a seagull sucked into an engine would do it. Or an anitwar protester.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:20:17 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(We won. We don't need to be forgiving. Let the heads roll!!!!!!!!!)
To: crazyhorse691
These engines are designed to take a bird and still fly. But if a bird took out an engine, there is still another engine to keep it flying.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:22:37 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
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