Ejection... Cutting it fine
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Ejection... Cutting it fine
Large photo of its final moments.
http://theaviationist.com/wp-content...aci%C3%B3n.jpg
The trainer was only 4 months old,
The image was taken by Erwin Fuguet Gedde at Maracay-El Libertador airbase, Venezuela, where the Venezuelan Air Force was celebrating its 92 Anniversary with the Día de la Aviación.It depicts a Hongdu K-8 Karakorum (a two-seat intermediate jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed in China) about to crash into the ground near the airport, moments after the two pilots onboard had safely ejected from the doomed jet.
Engine failure and trying to get it back to the field?
Film here, gets interesting about the 1 minute mark, both crew survived but one of the chutes does not appear to fully deploy before he touches down
The Cougar scrambled to rescue the K8 crew also went in but the crew of that survived as well
Plane, Helicopter Crash During Venezuela Air Show | World | RIA Novosti
They also lost a pair of Broncos practicing for the same show sadly killing one of the pilots and injuring 3 a week earlier at the same place..
http://theaviationist.com/wp-content...aci%C3%B3n.jpg
The trainer was only 4 months old,
The image was taken by Erwin Fuguet Gedde at Maracay-El Libertador airbase, Venezuela, where the Venezuelan Air Force was celebrating its 92 Anniversary with the Día de la Aviación.It depicts a Hongdu K-8 Karakorum (a two-seat intermediate jet trainer and light attack aircraft designed in China) about to crash into the ground near the airport, moments after the two pilots onboard had safely ejected from the doomed jet.
Engine failure and trying to get it back to the field?
Film here, gets interesting about the 1 minute mark, both crew survived but one of the chutes does not appear to fully deploy before he touches down
The Cougar scrambled to rescue the K8 crew also went in but the crew of that survived as well
Plane, Helicopter Crash During Venezuela Air Show | World | RIA Novosti
They also lost a pair of Broncos practicing for the same show sadly killing one of the pilots and injuring 3 a week earlier at the same place..
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Appear to have and seen reports that they did
ASN Aircraft accident 27-NOV-2012 Hongdu K-8 Karakorum
Bloody good advert for the seats.
ASN Aircraft accident 27-NOV-2012 Hongdu K-8 Karakorum
Bloody good advert for the seats.
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Photographer posted this on Facebook
I took this photo today in the afternoon when Venezuelan Air Force was celebrating its 92 Anniversary. I saw the aircraft flying over the vertical of the airbase in a low flight pass. I guessed that the plane had a mechanical failure and I started to followed with my camera, as soon as the pilots ejected I took the photo.... — with Carlos Bethencourt.
I took this photo today in the afternoon when Venezuelan Air Force was celebrating its 92 Anniversary. I saw the aircraft flying over the vertical of the airbase in a low flight pass. I guessed that the plane had a mechanical failure and I started to followed with my camera, as soon as the pilots ejected I took the photo.... — with Carlos Bethencourt.
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Intrigued to know whether the actual ejection caused the violent pitch down of the K-8?
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Probably close to the stall when they ejected, and probably why they ejected.
Newton's Third Law of Motion.
That was a case where navigators were really useful.
