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Thunderbird crash at Boise airshow
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Posted on 09/14/2003 9:23:48 PM PDT by djf
An F-16 Thunderbird went down at an airshow near Boise. Pilot ejected right before impact and is OK. Pretty dramatic video available, if anyone can find a link.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: airshow; boise; eject; thunderbirds
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:23:48 PM PDT
by
djf
To: djf
To: djf
To: LibWhacker
Thanks! Couldn't find a link from any local tv websites (Seattle)
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:31:26 PM PDT
by
djf
To: djf
Pilot ejected right before impact and is OK.
The best kind of news, thank you.
5
posted on
09/14/2003 9:38:56 PM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: djf
Jeez, glad he was able to punch out. I just saw the T-Birds at the Chicago Air Show.
To: Starrgaizr
Wow! He cut it real close. I don't think he left himself a full second before impact. Ballsy stuff.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:42:18 PM PDT
by
zarf
(..where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia work base that has an attachment?)
To: Prince Charles
He just barely made it. The plane was only a few feet off the ground and you see him pop out. From what I've heard about ejecting, I think I might rather crash!
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:43:51 PM PDT
by
djf
To: djf
Sure, the ride up and out is violent, but it's better than being smushed along the length of the runway.
To: djf
From what I've heard about ejecting ...File under "bad things that aren't as bad as the alternative."
10
posted on
09/14/2003 9:50:43 PM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: dighton
no kidding - those zero/zero ejection seats prove their worth again!
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:52:23 PM PDT
by
ahadams2
To: dighton
There was actually a case where a USMC F/A-18 smacked the ground--just flat-plated on the runway--during an airshow at El Toro. Didn't fireball, and from what I understand, the pilot got knocked silly, and then almost fired the ejection seat while the crash crew was opening up the cockpit!
12
posted on
09/14/2003 9:52:45 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Hee Haw was supposed to be a television show...not the basis of a political movement...)
To: dighton
He'll probably get a few vicodins out of it. My neck is so sore! Whiplash!
13
posted on
09/14/2003 9:53:25 PM PDT
by
djf
To: djf
I salute and admire the Air Force Thunderbirds (more of the "Best of The Best."
But the most dangerous and spell-binding shows I've ever seen were by the Blue Angels flying A4s.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:54:31 PM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(LIBERTY has arrived in Iraq - Now we can concentrate on HOLLYWEED!)
To: dighton
" "bad things that aren't as bad as the alternative."
I saw a Thrunderbird crash at the airshow at Transpo 72 at Dullas Airport. The plane was flying straight up when it lost power at about 2000 ft. The plane immediately starting falling, tail first. The pilot safely punch out. He then parachuted directly into the buring wreckage of the plane. He died.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:56:58 PM PDT
by
Jeff Gordon
(Anyone who accepts the LA Times as the truth has no business calling anyone a RINO.)
To: djf
Thanks for posting. Will keep the pilot in prayer.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:59:23 PM PDT
by
trussell
(Prayer, It does a body good!!)
To: Jeff Gordon
Dam! Well, when your number is up, your number is up. But of all the ways to go, fire gotta be the worse.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:59:36 PM PDT
by
djf
To: zarf
Wow...you're right about that split-second. The plane was damn near on the ground before he got out. Good thing though - there was absolutely nothing left of that plane.
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posted on
09/14/2003 10:02:48 PM PDT
by
July 4th
To: Jeff Gordon
Damn! Now there's a classic case of "fortunately/unfortunately" for ya. Poor guy, that really sucked!
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posted on
09/14/2003 10:03:18 PM PDT
by
Imal
(The World According to Imal: http://imal.blogspot.com)
To: Imal
The Thunderbirds have had a tough time. A few years ago during practice, the leader's controls stuck when he was supposed to be pulling out from a loop. He flew right into the ground. The rest of team behind him followed him into the ground. They made a pefect diamond shaped streak in the desert.
I wonder if there is any place that has documented the down side of the Thunerbirds and the Blue Angels.
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posted on
09/14/2003 10:19:25 PM PDT
by
Jeff Gordon
(Anyone who accepts the LA Times as the truth has no business calling anyone a RINO.)
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