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Old 18th Aug 2010, 14:36
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DelaneyT
 
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The CF-18 mishap pilot account confirms the obvious -- aircraft stall under controlled (but high risk) conditions.

No mention of any aircraft malfunctions, compressor-stalls, bird-strikes, cockpit warning lights/audio, etc.

Brief mention of turbulence, which the pilot considered commonplace under those circumstances.

Slow/Low pass at 115 knots & 25 degrees leaves no margin for error at that altitude. Normal F-18 Final Approach Speed is ~130 Knots.

Pilot seems bewildered as to why his aircraft fell out of the sky. He thinks he was flying at 115 Knots... perhaps that was the problem -- it would only take a very brief pilot distraction inside/outside the cockpit to drop to stall speed.



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95 % of this video/interview focused on the ejection/pilot health... with little discussion on accident cause. Obviously a staged public-relations event by the RCAF PR office.
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