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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
MilAir scanner sources indicate a new F22 Raptor has crashed at Nellis. Pilot was seen ejecting.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: eject; fa22; fa22raptor; nellisafb; planecrash
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To: llevrok
The plane is but the pilot and chute aren't yet; but the scientists are working on that.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:58:26 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: PoorMuttly
Sure hope it isn't the one I asked Santa for. It was the one slated for you. And sorry, I can't tell you how I know, but there will NOT be a shiney new F22 with a bow and a "To: PoorMuttly From: Santa" tag sitting at your local FBO this Chrismas.
To: Moonman62
I don't think he would have checked out if things weren't very, very series.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:59:09 PM PST
by
dljordan
To: BurbankKarl
MilAirScanner sources? Can you be more specific?
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:59:34 PM PST
by
BCrago66
To: Yossarian
What about the "joint strike fighter", is that a separate plane?
If so, please tell me we don't need a second aircraft. Lets make one great one I say. And lets not give it away to anybody!!!!! Start selling it about 10 years after it debuts. J(ust)M.O.
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:59:50 PM PST
by
Finalapproach29er
(I can no longer dicern real stories from satire on this site. America is losing her common sense.)
To: Oztrich Boy
Nah! Junk the program and buy the Eurofighter instead.You are a funny, funny "Boy"!
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posted on
12/20/2004 4:59:59 PM PST
by
Yossarian
(Remember: NOT ALL HEART ATTACKS HAVE TRADITIONAL SYMPTOMS)
To: Yossarian
What about the "joint strike fighter", is that a separate plane?
If so, please tell me we don't need a second aircraft. Lets make one great one I say. And lets not give it away to anybody!!!!! Start selling it about 10 years after it debuts. J(ust)M.O.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:00:01 PM PST
by
Finalapproach29er
(I can no longer dicern real stories from satire on this site. America is losing her common sense.)
To: BurbankKarl
1.2 billion dollars of our tax money down the drain!
28
posted on
12/20/2004 5:00:12 PM PST
by
balrog666
(The invisible and the nonexistent look very much alike.)
To: BurbankKarl
This happens during testing so that it doesn't happen when it hits production. It is part of R&D.
To: Keith in Iowa
Heh, heh, heh. I once saw the charred remain of an SR-71 going by on a flatbed. Couldn't mistake the shape. I bet it was worth a fortune in salvage.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:00:54 PM PST
by
dljordan
To: Glock17
Yup. . .you fly the four corners of the envelope. Exceeding the envelope is another matter.
Will be waiting for words.
To: Finalapproach29er
To: BurbankKarl
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:02:36 PM PST
by
G32
To: Finalapproach29er
Damn, this would be the 2nd crash of a F/A-22. First one was back in 1992.
The F/A-22 is going to replace the F-15C Eagle. The JSF will be replacing the F-16 Falcon, AV-8B Harrier, and faze out the F/A-18C/D Hornet, the Super Hornet is taking over the F-14 Tomcat's duties.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:03:30 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
To: Glock17
TheF22 supposedly is capable of flying itself through some maneuvers. There were glitches where the pilots standard response would worsen the situation. Hope that's not what happened here.
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:03:33 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
(Kerry surrendered Florida faster than he surrendered the Mekong Delta)
To: Oztrich Boy
I hope that was in jest. Buy 80's technology that doesn't work and is way late, not stealthy and have maintenance nightmares, etc. . .and besides, it "Euro" (ewwwwww!).
To: BurbankKarl
They had a crash during the development stage of the F22 caused by PIO (so-called, Pilot Induced Oscillation). Wonder if this crash is related to that problem.
--Boot Hill
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:03:53 PM PST
by
Boot Hill
(Candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo, candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo!!!)
To: Oztrich Boy
Why buy a plane that's sub-par by our standards?
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:04:26 PM PST
by
Bogey78O
(Kerry surrendered Florida faster than he surrendered the Mekong Delta)
To: caisson71
Yours is the most sensible comment on this thread.
Semper Fi,
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posted on
12/20/2004 5:04:35 PM PST
by
2nd Bn, 11th Mar
(Sniper: "One shot, one kill". Machinegunner: "One shot, one kill...again, & again & again".)
To: Finalapproach29er
Yes. . .different jet with completely different missions.
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