Canadian F-18 Jet Goes Boom

[JulesMaximus]

Snowbirds are amazing.

Blue Angels are better. 😉

 

[Dominato3r]

Blue Angels are better. 😉

FU WE'RE BETTER.

I'm wondering a bit about the ejection itself. Is there a limit on the amount of ejections one can have before you're not allowed to fly? That thing must do some horrible damage to your back

 

[BoomerD]

I saw this earlier. So...not only is their tank down with a flat track...but their airplane has crashed? Sounds like it's time for Detroit to invade!!

 

[SKORPI0]

D:

 

[foghorn67]

Canadian Geese are Canada's best formation flyers...and bombers. :awe:

 

[Dominato3r]

Canadian Geese are Canada's best formation flyers...and bombers. :awe:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/3713353573_0b997b97ca.jpg
:hmm:

 

[foghorn67]

FU WE'RE BETTER.

I'm wondering a bit about the ejection itself. Is there a limit on the amount of ejections one can have before you're not allowed to fly? That thing must do some horrible damage to your back

The old mk.I's were a bitch, but any new ones are okay from what I heard.

 

[Dominato3r]

The old mk.I's were a bitch, but any new ones are okay from what I heard.

From a google search, that thing is ancient. No leg restraints, wtf???

 

[Bignate603]

Well, Russia will by 2015, once the Sukhoi PAK is given to them. For now though, it's not being matched.

I personally will believe it when I see it.

 

[Tsavo]

FU WE'RE BETTER.

I'm wondering a bit about the ejection itself. Is there a limit on the amount of ejections one can have before you're not allowed to fly? That thing must do some horrible damage to your back

You get a tie for each ejection you do from the company that makes the ejection seat. One guy has 7...there may be people with more.

 

[spaceman]

wow that pilots is balls out
clutch

 

[Dominato3r]

I personally will believe it when I see it.

They have a working prototype right now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA

I never understood why India always teams up with Russia.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

He was doing a high pass but lost an engine. That's when the spiral kicked in. He was intentionally stalling.

Bullshit! The F-18 flies fine with a single engine, if he was doing a high pass and lost one he could have easily landed safely.

Watching the video he was doing a superslow, nose-up low pass and one engine quit. He didn't have the speed or the altitude to be able to recover when it yawed.

 

[Dominato3r]

Bullshit! The F-18 flies fine with a single engine, if he was doing a high pass and lost one he could have easily landed safely.

Watching the video he was doing a superslow, nose-up low pass and one engine quit. He didn't have the speed or the altitude to be able to recover when it yawed.

Alright boss. :\ DnD says he was doing a High Alpha Pass.

 

[Bignate603]

They have a working prototype right now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA

I never understood why India always teams up with Russia.

Working prototype doesn't equal meeting their published goals or specs.

 

[Dominato3r]

Working prototype doesn't equal meeting their published goals or specs.

Well looking at the past, Russia has been able to build some pretty challenging aircraft.

 

[Raghu]

They have a working prototype right now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA

I never understood why India always teams up with Russia.

Russia supplied weapons in exchange for tea. Russia did not impose sanctions when India tested nuclear weapons. Russia is willing to transfer technology and cooperate in development.

 

[Balt]

Hope the pilot is ok. The article doesn't say for certain one way or the other.

 

[theflyingpig]

Huh? was this crash caused because the plane "wasn't good enough"?, no, the F-18 is an awesome fighter and frankly the F-22 is really a waste of $$ IMO since no possible enemy has yet to match the F-18's capability's.

Complacency. How foolish.

 

[sandorski]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/3713353573_0b997b97ca.jpg
:hmm:

Confirmed kill

 

[Imp]

FU WE'RE BETTER.

I'm wondering a bit about the ejection itself. Is there a limit on the amount of ejections one can have before you're not allowed to fly? That thing must do some horrible damage to your back

If JAG is any indication of realistic Naval procedures and policy, you are allowed at least 4 or 5 crashes.

 

[foghorn67]

If JAG is any indication of realistic Naval procedures and policy, you are allowed at least 4 or 5 crashes.

If the movie Hot Shots has any indication of realism, pilots are liable. You can pay it off at 10 bucks a week if you don't have collision insurance.

 

[sandorski]

If the movie Hot Shots has any indication of realism, pilots are liable. You can pay it off at 10 bucks a week if you don't have collision insurance.

If Superman is any indication of realism, you can just fly the Space Shuttle really really fast in orbit, reverse time, and avoid Crashes that put you at the limit.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Link with some better pictures.

A friend pointed out to me that the exhaust nozzle on the right engine looks like it's closed as far as it can go. Don't know if that's due to something the pilot was doing, or if that was what caused the loss of engine power.

Damn, that is literally a once in a lifetime photography opportunity. The photographer must have jizzed his pants. I would have.

 

[fatpat268]

Oops, I meant to say no one has yet to match the F-18 capability's, fixed it. My point is why develop a weapon system of any kind if there is no reasonable expectation of it ever being needed..

Why? Because your future enemies are working on better and better stuff. The moment you stop, your opponent gets an advantage.

Complacency loses wars.