Harrier crashes in Afghanistan pilot injured on ejection
TreeGreen,
According to the Harrier List ZG478/68 was on the strength of the Naval Strike Wing. No markings. Info correct as of 5th May 2009.
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TJ
According to the Harrier List ZG478/68 was on the strength of the Naval Strike Wing. No markings. Info correct as of 5th May 2009.
See the lists on the following.
Harrier List UK -- Home
TJ
When I was doing a PPL I was surprised that immediate action when doing PFLs wasn't "Find school to avoid heroically".
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Thanks TJ
To say I was close enough to the scene would be an understatement. Just wanna try and get hold of this pilot to say thanks as there were definately passengers onboard the "passenger" aircraft and this guy who was flying, to the best of my knowledge, saved my life and the lives of the people on my aircraft. When he first came down he was pointed straight at me but he managed to steer it away from us before he ejected.
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A lovely sentiment Treegreen, but from the moment the aircraft "arrived" at the threshold (well nearly) and the undercarriage broke off the pilot was merely a passenger himself, fortunately he was at least pointing along the long straight thing with enough momentum to not stray too far off it; he made a good D to leave when the flames started to overtake him.
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A lovely sentiment Treegreen, but from the moment the aircraft "arrived" at the threshold (well nearly) and the undercarriage broke off the pilot was merely a passenger himself, fortunately he was at least pointing along the long straight thing with enough momentum to not stray too far off it; he made a good D to leave when the flames started to overtake him.
Sorry Mach I am definately not one who gets into these long and drawn out spelling competitions but I have been told that once an acft is scraping on the ground if there is sufficient speed that you still have a small amount of directional control through the rudder and thats what it seemed to me like he was doing but I am not a Harrier pilot and never have been so I stand under correction. I have since flown into Kandahar and you can definately see that the aircraft went from the right to left and then veered back to the right hand side before ejecting in front of me.
Sorry Mach I am definately not one who gets into these long and drawn out spelling competitions but I have been told that once an acft is scraping on the ground if there is sufficient speed that you still have a small amount of directional control through the rudder and thats what it seemed to me like he was doing but I am not a Harrier pilot and never have been so I stand under correction. I have since flown into Kandahar and you can definately see that the aircraft went from the right to left and then veered back to the right hand side before ejecting in front of me.
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TG, if the Service Inquiry President has not contacted you for a witness statement please contact him, I am sure any positive information would be well received. If you cannot find a number for the SI drop me a PM and I will put you in contact with the right office to get it. 
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Happiness - having a Martin-Baker ejection seat.......
Thanks for posting the video.
Kudos to the pilot, firstly as he got the nozzles into the braking stop to slow the jet. (Notice the flames moving forward just before he ejected.)
Secondly, he got out whilst the jet was still moving, so on landing he avoided the risk of landing in the flames and potential fire-ball.
One observation though is that it took over two minutes for the crash crews to arrive.....not good if one is trapped in a burning jet. I thought that the response time ought to have been quicker though I don't know the location of the fire section relative to where the jet stopped.
Thirdly, note that the ac was armed and seriously alight so the firemen had to be fairly brave to even approach the jet when instincts would be to run away!
MB
Kudos to the pilot, firstly as he got the nozzles into the braking stop to slow the jet. (Notice the flames moving forward just before he ejected.)
Secondly, he got out whilst the jet was still moving, so on landing he avoided the risk of landing in the flames and potential fire-ball.
One observation though is that it took over two minutes for the crash crews to arrive.....not good if one is trapped in a burning jet. I thought that the response time ought to have been quicker though I don't know the location of the fire section relative to where the jet stopped.
Thirdly, note that the ac was armed and seriously alight so the firemen had to be fairly brave to even approach the jet when instincts would be to run away!
MB
Madbod:
Kudos to the pilot
Kudos to the pilot
Madbob:
...firstly as he got the nozzles into the braking stop to...
...firstly as he got the nozzles into the braking stop to...
