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Thunderbird's F16 Pilot must eject

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A Thunderbirds F16 Pilot must eject. After take off and a steep climb into a long inverted roll, he comes back around and runs out of sky. Notice how close he is to the ground before letting her go.

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: July 30, 2006 at 5:39 am
Author: boostfiend

Length: 01:12
Rating: 4.53
Views: 760285

Tags: airshow  crash  eject  F16  plane  Thunderbirds  

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boostfiend (September 14, 2007 at 12:30 am)
He did! Happy to say.
faberzinho (September 13, 2007 at 11:07 pm)
did he survive?
the1bigace (September 10, 2007 at 4:00 am)
through hard work and a random selection from a fleet of pilots from the USAF America is an equal opourtunity thing, you may not be elite when you step in but you will be when you leave.
the1bigace (September 10, 2007 at 3:56 am)
if he can read the switches lol of course. its not like the plane is attached to the mind. If an F-16 pilot hop into an F-15 he just has to get used to a bit of control changes. its no like you need a 3rd arm to pilot a mig. Russians arent that diferent from Us lol
boostfiend (September 2, 2007 at 12:05 pm)
In the case of Chuck Yeager - he used to test fly many aircraft that Americans had never flown. In many cases, beyond the limits of even the manufacture. Granted, he was one of the best.
kirkjamestkirk (September 2, 2007 at 11:29 am)
Is flying an unknown aircraft as easy as driving a new car for experienced fighter pilots? Could for example a western pilot jump in a mig-29 or Su-27 and fly it?
aviationdoc78 (August 30, 2007 at 4:31 am)
thats why i said stupid pilot not check and recheck the engine before flying..similiar with your stupid comment
crashrescueff (August 28, 2007 at 11:20 pm)
Tikihut has it right, my #s are off.
crashrescueff (August 28, 2007 at 11:01 pm)
The official cause of this crash was pilot error. The pilots altimeter was set to msl(mean sea level).It was supposed to be set to agl(above ground level) there was approx. a 100' differance in the two. On top of the loop he calls out his altitude which was too low for the manuever msl.
kattie9998 (August 26, 2007 at 7:18 pm)
he ejects so late cuz he wants to make sure that his plane will hit someplace that it won't kill anybody


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