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To: iso

Ack, one crashed on December 20th??? I was out of the country and this is the first I've heard of it. Is the pilot ok?

What happened?


41 posted on 01/08/2005 6:30:11 PM PST by Lx (If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in igloos?)
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To: Lx

Pilot is okay. Report on what happened not available since Friday.


45 posted on 01/08/2005 6:42:23 PM PST by Raffus (Thanks to all Veterans for their service to our Country.)
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To: Lx

The F/A-22 is unstable in pitch. The plane must have lost the fly-by-wire control on take-off and bellied in. Pilot ejected safely. He had no other option, you can't correct fast enough to fly it if the flight computer goes out.


164 posted on 01/09/2005 12:48:49 PM PST by Tallguy
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