Turkish Stars near miss.

[Tiger G]

A "new to me" vid of a Turkish Stars training sortie, taken in 2009. If it's an oldie, I'll delete. Here's the narrative:


The video was taken during a 2009 training session in Konya of the Turkish aerobatics team, Turkish Stars.

Major Evren Ayna describes the moment in these words:

"Every job has its own risks. Of course, you can't always be prepared for everything. But having good reflexes is good and expecting the unexpected saves lives. This video is a proof that this kind of things is not fun and games. It shows our effort and self-sacrifice. This video was taken in 2009, during a training session in Konya. My plane suffers a mechanical failure and we cheat death. I'm the one in inverted flight. :)"




LiveLeak.com - Aerobatics Near Miss (Turkish Stars)

[TBM-Legend]

change of underwear required....:uhoh:

lucky boys with quite a bit of skill thrown in.:D

[itsnotthatbloodyhard]

I wonder what sort of mechanical failure it was? :ooh:

[ShyTorque]

Prosthetic hand disconnect?

[Arm out the window]

Mechanical failure of the arm muscles to push hard enough momentarily, by the looks ...

[Genstabler]

Seems to be connected to his smoke control.

[Two's in]

Or he forgot that pulling back to make the cows look smaller only works when the blue bit is at the top of the AH.