by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 09/25/2017 at 11:46
by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 09/25/2017 at 11:46
Tags: planelopnik
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A Eurofighter Typhoon of the Reparto Sperimentale Volo (Test Wing) crashed into the sea near Terracina yesterday. The pilot did not eject and was killed. No details on the accident, but it looks to me like he simply performed his maneuver too low, or maybe blacked out. Other angles of the crash can be seen here:
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"My hovercraft is full of eels" (my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eels)
09/25/2017 at 11:56, STARS: 2
Damn, I saw the same jet flown by the same pilot just one week earlier. Little (bad quality) video by myself:
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/25/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 0
Still a dangerous business, no matter how high tech the jets get.
"GLiddy" (GLiddy)
09/25/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 0
Do they wear G-suits? I was surprised that US military aerobatic teams don’t. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the pilot blacked out. Just my 2 cents.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
09/25/2017 at 13:01, STARS: 0
Holy crap...
Yeah there wasn’t much chance of survival there. Looks like just too low, it appears to my untrained eye like he was still pitching up right to the end. Tragic.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/25/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 1
I assume he had one on. This was a test pilot, not necessarily a demonstration pilot. The USAF Thunderbirds wear G suits, the US Navy Blue Angels do not. Unlike the F-16 flown by the Thunderbirds, which has a side stick, the F/A-18 the Blue Angels fly has a center stick between the pilot’s legs. The stick is made very stiff, so that only tiny increments of deflection can be put into it to keep from overcorrecting. Since it is so stiff, the pilot rests his right arm on his leg when flying, and having a G suit constantly inflating and deflating on the pilot’s legs would make it impossible to hold the stick steady.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/25/2017 at 13:17, STARS: 0
Looks similar to the Thunderbirds crash at Mountain Home.
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