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Pelican damages F-111 mid-flight
news.com.au ^
| April 19, 2008
| ames O'Loan and Alex Dickinson
Posted on 04/18/2008 6:37:23 PM PDT by Dundee
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:37:23 PM PDT
by
Dundee
To: SevenofNine
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:38:59 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Dundee
Mmmmm....Tastes like chicken!
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:40:53 PM PDT
by
Fireone
(We need the 2nd Amendment to ensure the others. It's not racial profiling, it's criminal profiling.)
To: Dundee
Any landing you can walk away from...
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:41:14 PM PDT
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: Dundee
FB-111...Good Bird.
To: Dundee
Looking at the pictures, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the bird didn’t survive.
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:45:23 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Dundee
Wonder what the Tail Number is?
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:46:43 PM PDT
by
Samurai_Jack
(ride out and confront the evil!)
To: SandRat
Round one to the Aardvark.
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:48:12 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(John McCain - The Manchurian Candidate? http://www.usvetdsp.com/manchuan.htm)
To: Samurai_Jack
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:48:31 PM PDT
by
BARLF
To: Dundee
Its impact smashed the plane's ray-dome before causing an immediate engine failure. Just "radome" - radar dome
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:49:00 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
("Never apologize, Mister, it's a sign of weakness" - Nathan Brittles)
To: Dundee
Man, that must have been an interesting view from the cockpit, that nose was probably flopping all over the place.
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posted on
04/18/2008 6:51:37 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Lancer_N3502A
I was on a flight just taking off out of New Orleans several years ago when there was a sudden jolt. The entire plane shook and groaned. All of the passengers nervously looked at each other to be sure we didn't imagine the hard impact.
Suddenly, there was a bad odor that filled the cabin. Everyone cautiously double-checked their seatbelts. The smell was unmistakeably burning flesh.
At last the captain came on. "We just sucked a large sea bird through out left engine. We think we will be fine. Thought you would want to know."
He was right, we were OK, but it was pretty scary.
To: myprecious
I plead ignorance.Can one of you military people tell me what the heck I am looking at? I thought a nose cone was filled with electronic gizmos and such. This one looks like it is full of rolled hay.
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posted on
04/18/2008 7:09:03 PM PDT
by
Cyman
To: Dundee
I worked on the F-111s at Cannon AFB NM,RAF Upper Heyford UK Mt Home AFB ID and SA during the 1st gulf war.It is a tough old aircraft and can take a lot, it is built like a tank.
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posted on
04/18/2008 7:10:42 PM PDT
by
noutopia
(Home of the brave,not the spineless.)
To: Cyman
The radome is made of fiberglass.It houses the forward looking radar dish and some other components.
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posted on
04/18/2008 7:13:06 PM PDT
by
noutopia
(Home of the brave,not the spineless.)
To: Dundee
"ray-dome"?
Is that Aussie for radome?
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posted on
04/18/2008 7:14:14 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: noutopia
The Australians have a lot of these...
To: Eric in the Ozarks
We sold the Aussies them back in the seventies,ours are all retired.
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posted on
04/18/2008 7:17:59 PM PDT
by
noutopia
(Home of the brave,not the spineless.)
To: Dundee
official story:
Pelican damages F-111 mid-flight
What really happened:
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posted on
04/18/2008 7:20:12 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
To: noutopia
Swing wing, like the B-1 ?
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