Comments on: F-16 eats a bird http://thislooksfamiliar.com/f-16-eats-a-bird/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: thislooksfamiliar http://thislooksfamiliar.com/f-16-eats-a-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-49 thislooksfamiliar Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:55:09 +0000 http://thislooksfamiliar.com/f-16-eats-a-bird/#comment-49 @ CF Pilot: thanks for the updated info. as i said, i didn't do an ounce of researching for validity of this video, so i appreciate your input. @ CF Pilot: thanks for the updated info. as i said, i didn’t do an ounce of researching for validity of this video, so i appreciate your input.

]]> By: CF Pilot http://thislooksfamiliar.com/f-16-eats-a-bird/comment-page-1/#comment-41 CF Pilot Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:02:46 +0000 http://thislooksfamiliar.com/f-16-eats-a-bird/#comment-41 This video has been around for a long time (the accident happened on 2004-05-14), long enough that everyone should know by now that it is not an F-16, but a BAE Hawk. The accident occurred at CFB Moose Jaw, not at Tyndall AFB. The instructor kept his voice cool, but he screwwed up. Pulled the nose way too high, so his airspeed went well below his best glide speed. He nearly stalled at the top of the zoom, and by the time they punched out, he had lost two thirds of the altitude he gained, because at that low a speed, the plane flies like a piano. Instead of staying on runway heading, where there is nothing but wheat fields for 500 miles, he turned TOWARDS the only populated area within 50 miles! "No one hurt" is not correct. The instructor had his head down when he pulled the ejection handle, so he suffered spinal damage in the ejection. He is no longer allowed to fly ejection-seat aircraft as a result of his injuriy. This video has been around for a long time (the accident happened on 2004-05-14), long enough that everyone should know by now that it is not an F-16, but a BAE Hawk. The accident occurred at CFB Moose Jaw, not at Tyndall AFB.

The instructor kept his voice cool, but he screwwed up. Pulled the nose way too high, so his airspeed went well below his best glide speed. He nearly stalled at the top of the zoom, and by the time they punched out, he had lost two thirds of the altitude he gained, because at that low a speed, the plane flies like a piano. Instead of staying on runway heading, where there is nothing but wheat fields for 500 miles, he turned TOWARDS the only populated area within 50 miles!

“No one hurt” is not correct. The instructor had his head down when he pulled the ejection handle, so he suffered spinal damage in the ejection. He is no longer allowed to fly ejection-seat aircraft as a result of his injuriy.

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