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New grow bag please.
The Gods of 'a little bit more power' were certainly smiling down on him that day.
The Gods of 'a little bit more power' were certainly smiling down on him that day.
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I'm with Biggles...total plonker. Seem to recall we lost a Phantom at Abingdon some years ago trying to pull through like that..and the Typhoon tearing up the grass more recently.
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I wasn't at Abingdon the day the Phantom went in but quite a lot of my fellow ULAS students were. A couple were, if I recall correctly, out on the airfield assisting with observation of the planned routine, and came very close to being hit by debris. The impact point was only a few hundred feet from ULAS HQ, and I recall one of the QFIs saying how he'd been standing with his back to the window and had felt the heat from the impact fireball.
But yes, the circumstances as I recall from the subsequent BOI report seem quite reminiscent of this. (Also the Thunderbirds F-16 crash at Mountain Home AFB, where the pilot fortunately banged out just in time).
Looking at the video, I suspect that the pilot and aircraft may well have been saved by ground effect at the bottom of the loop - look at the water under the Rafale as it pulls out.
But yes, the circumstances as I recall from the subsequent BOI report seem quite reminiscent of this. (Also the Thunderbirds F-16 crash at Mountain Home AFB, where the pilot fortunately banged out just in time).
Looking at the video, I suspect that the pilot and aircraft may well have been saved by ground effect at the bottom of the loop - look at the water under the Rafale as it pulls out.
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Amazing flying in the purest sense.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_...p;fullscreen=1
About half way through it gets spectacular.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_...p;fullscreen=1
About half way through it gets spectacular.
And what's this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! That's it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me? Hello Ground!