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Crash on CAFB Runway Kills Two Pilots
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| 4/24/2008
| Steve Rogers
Posted on 04/28/2008 5:08:26 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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The Air Force has since released the names of the two killed pilots: Maj. Blair Faulkner, an instructor pilot with the 43rd Flying Training Squadron, and his trainee, 2nd Lt. Matthew Emmons.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi -- I flew out of there. A long time ago ... once ... before I realized that I was not meant to be a pilot.
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:12:39 PM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(By their false faith in Man as God, the left would destroy us. They call this faith change.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
May God bless them and their families.
There is always danger in the military. Always.
And there are people in this country who can’t even acknowledge the service these men and women give each day,even at the risk of giving their lives for their countrymen.
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:13:01 PM PDT
by
exit82
(People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Um, how old are the “C-model” airframes?
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:14:10 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
How very sad. May God comfort their families.
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:14:27 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
“The four pilots ejected safely from the two T-6 Texan aircraft”
I had no idea that the T-6 Texan was still in service.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
T-38C, I think?
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:17:48 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
So sorry to hear this. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:18:13 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
To: Parley Baer
They meant T-6 Texan
II aircraft. They have bang seats.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
T-38s are used in the scenes when they are training the crew in the movie ‘Armageddon’
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:22:12 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
To: Parley Baer
I had no idea that the T-6 Texan was still in service. *************
These are the new generation trainers...
Methinks...
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:22:39 PM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: Parley Baer
That’s what I thought too.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Such a beautiful aircraft.
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:34:38 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: Wings-n-Wind
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Prayers for their loved ones ...
“Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces in the sky,
Be with them always in the air,
In dark’ning storms or sunlight fair.
O, Hear us when we lift our prayer,
For those in peril in the air.”
Amen.
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posted on
04/28/2008 5:42:38 PM PDT
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .....)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The 43rd is one of my former squadrons under the 340th Flying Training Group at Randolph. Reserve IPs teaching active duty flying training. A great unit with a tremendous safety record - what a tragedy.
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
04/28/2008 6:03:48 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
To: Parley Baer
It’s the Texan II - cool plane, turboprop, Randolph sounds like a 40s flying base again!
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
04/28/2008 6:06:41 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I got my wings there. Later, I was an instructor in the T-38 at the Test Pilot School. It’s a beautiful plane, but one must watch the airspeed very carefully. Note that there ain’t much wing there and the stall characteristics are very subtle... small amount of shaking - normal, just a little more shaking - full stall. Final approach speed was 175 knots plus fuel wait (1 knot per 100 lbs over 1000 I believe). Final approach was 155 knots plus fuel. Go lower than those limits, and it’s a rock.
To: jagusafr
Thanks for putting me into the 21st century. smilie
To: Parley Baer
This is another aircraft, the Ratheon Texan II. I believe you are recalling the North American Texan. Here is a link to the T-6 Texan II
www.airforce-technology.com/projects/texan
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posted on
04/28/2008 6:31:25 PM PDT
by
pfflier
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