"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/09/2016 at 18:15 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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Hard on the heels of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of an Air Force Thunderbird F-16 in Colorado and the fatal !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of a Blue Angels F/A-18 in Tennessee last week, the Patrouille Suisse have suffered a mid-air collision between two of their F-5 Freedom Fighters (fortunately with no fatalities) and a Sukhoi Su-27 from the Russian Knights crashed in Russia, killing the pilot. Like the American crashes, both happened on the same day. Fortunately, nobody on the ground was hurt in either accident. I’m sure this will only add fuel to the fire for those calling for an end to these demonstrations.
https://theaviationist.com/2016/06/09/unb…
https://theaviationist.com/2016/06/09/su-…
Urambo Tauro
> ttyymmnn
06/09/2016 at 18:46 |
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Geez, that is just too weird...
I’m trying really hard to remain convinced that this is all coincidence.
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ttyymmnn
> Urambo Tauro
06/09/2016 at 18:48 |
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I don’t see how there could be any connection, considering how far apart the accidents happened. But having four crashes happening on two days so close together is beyond eerie. The odds are astronomical, but they aren’t zero.
facw
> ttyymmnn
06/09/2016 at 19:38 |
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(fortunately with no fatalities)
Think of the poor F-5s!
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ttyymmnn
> facw
06/09/2016 at 19:57 |
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Well, yeah. I don’t suppose those are replaceable, either.
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facw
> ttyymmnn
06/09/2016 at 20:15 |
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Strictly speaking, I guess there are a ton still around. They could probably pick up some spares cheap from a country in the process of phasing them out (like South Korea). But buying “new” fighters for a demo team might still be a push.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Urambo Tauro
06/10/2016 at 13:55 |
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It’s pretty much the law of truly large numbers in action. Given a large enough sample size even the most unlikely thing is bound to happen. Even four elite flight demonstration teams having crashes in a matter of a week or so. They may be the best pilots in the world, but they fly enough hours that sooner or later something is bound to happen.