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  • Report: Pilot disoriented before crash

    08/03/2009 8:23:02 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 44 replies · 2,772+ views
    Valley Press on ^ | Saturday, August 1, 2009. | ALLISON GATLIN
    EDWARDS AFB - A veteran Lockheed Martin test pilot died in an F-22A crash after nearly losing consciousness during a high-speed, high-g test maneuver, according to an Air Force accident investigation report released Friday. The $140 million jet, assigned to Edward Air Force Base's 412th Flight Test Wing, crashed during a mission to test the effects of carrying weapons on the aircraft's performance. These tests involved a series of high-speed, high-performance maneuvers in which the pilot experienced several times the force of gravity. The accident investigation concluded that Cooley experienced such disorientation brought on by the high g-forces, and recovered...