Posted on 06/02/2016 2:06:07 PM PDT by barmag25
SMYRNA, TN (WSMV) - A Blue Angels airplane has crashed at or near the Smyrna-Rutherford County Airport, airport authority confirmed.
According to Rutherford County Emergency Medical Service, one person was killed in the crash.
The Blue Angels had been practicing on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Great Tennessee Airshow in Smyrna. They flew over downtown Nashville on Thursday morning.
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My understanding is that both crashes involved the #6 plane.
So were half of all squadrons in the USAF. It was all part of sequestration, not something more sinister.
We all know they are not stunts but routine maneuvers being flown, just closer together.
But, that won't stop the malicious from exploiting the uninformed.
Active Duty ping.
I was also in during Carter. Quite a few horror stories regarding lack of funds and thus maintenance, and that on ICBMs carrying 9Mt warheads. Not to mention some of the really bad crap we had to put up with on base when we weren't on Alert.
It was sequester and it applied to every part of the military, not just the BA.
The best that they can get applies to personnel too and piled higher and deeper affirmutive action has not helped.
Yup. A lot of the *good* A&P mechs bailed from the military.
He’s a frickin’ CURSE upon America. How many SEALs have died under his watch? I’ll bet more than under any other president since their founding in 1962..
New video shows #6 takeoff and sharp G pull up and Immelmann at the top of the loop. But he is supposed to complete a low G pull at 3 to 4 G’s back toward the runway. He does not and when vertical pointed down does another half roll while descending away from the field and begins a slow or late pull up from the vertical. G lock could have induced a slow reaction and by the time he began his pull may have entered a high speed stall as a result and was unable to pull out. Could have had a stab or hydraulic failure with no time to recover as well. In either case he nearly brings the Hornet back to horizontal while accelerating down from the top of the loop, but not towards the runway as he normally would. At the time he either had a minor G-Lock or possible flight control malfunction and attempted to reset his FCS computer on the way down. Also not routine are the rolls he does while still in the vertical climb after the hard G pull up at takeoff. The pull is an instantaneous 7 to 10 G pull after accelerating down the runway. Still suspect partial G lock and a late or sluggish recovery. The Hornet will seek 1G flight when you let go of the stick, so he was not out cold after the top of the loop because he pulled hard over the top on the stick at the top of his Immelmann, indicating he was still pulling on the stick.
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