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This has to be one of the best photos I've ever seen
It was taken from the control tower of Mountain Home Air Force base, when a Thunderbirds display pilot got it rather badly wrong :o
http://www.greatnationalcamera.com/a...1074874858.jpg
http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/att...ts/T-Bird1.jpg
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album44/aby.mpg
OMG thats like Mr Sheen last night on the runway :D
CTRL E anyone? :)
Funniest thing is the mistake the pilot made.
The routine is a simple Thunderbirds move - climb to 2,500ft and do a split S ...
...except he forgot that the airport is 1000ft above sea-level....
:o
You might like to see 2 mpg's of that.
http://www.f-16.net/PhotoGallery/album44/aby.mpg
http://members.cox.net/klkmail/tbird.wmv
PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs
Release No. 0121045
Jan 21, 2004
Thunderbirds Accident Report Released
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. - Pilot error caused a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 aircraft to crash shortly after takeoff at an air show Sept. 14 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
The pilot ejected just before the aircraft impacted the ground.
According to the accident investigation board report released today, the pilot misinterpreted the altitude required to complete the "Split S" maneuver. He made his calculation based on an incorrect mean-sea-level altitude of the airfield. The pilot incorrectly climbed to 1,670 feet above ground level instead of 2,500 feet before initiating the pull down to the Split S maneuver.
When he realized something was wrong, the pilot put maximum back stick pressure and rolled slightly left to ensure the aircraft would impact away from the crowd should he have to eject. He ejected when the aircraft was 140 feet above ground -- just eight --tenths of a second prior to impact. He sustained only minor injuries from the ejection. There was no other damage to military or civilian property.
The aircraft, valued at about $20.4 million, was destroyed.
Also, the board determined other factors substantially contributed to creating the opportunity for the error including the requirement for demonstration pilots to convert mean sea level and above ground level altitudes and performing a maneuver with a limited margin of error.
For more information, contact the ACC Public Affairs office at (757) 764-5007 or e-mail acc.pam@langley.af.mil.
very nice pic, i love it :D
Thank god nobody was badly hurt:eek:. Amazing pic though.... :)
Rich :¬)
not quite on topic but found this site thru googling for the crash
http://www.airrace.org/index.php
http://www.airrace.org/gallery/web/p...2c3225_std.jpg :D
just noticed the forum names changed ,when did that occur :confused:
The weekend as most people are now playing Lomac and/or IL2
LMAO :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Skii
Doh lol :D
Good job that photographer wasn't standing a bit to the left :)
Does anyone have any good wallpaper sized Spitfire photo's? (most on Airliners.net are a little small :( ).
Go here matety - http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft :) couple of nice Spittys on thar
plus having read the langley report...my thoughts are "typical americans!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Skii