Crew Ejects From Qatari F-15QA Fighter While On The Ground At Airport Near St. Louis
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Crew Ejects From Qatari F-15QA Fighter While On The Ground At Airport Near St. Louis
Sitting there quite happy minus the crew, I take it it rolled off the taxiway / runway on its own.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...-near-st-louis
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...-near-st-louis
Update, 12:20 pm EST: The Air Force has released the following statement that confirms many of the details that we’ve already reported: “An F-15QA, recently accepted by the Air Force from the Boeing Corporation, departed the runway today at MidAmerica Airport, Ill. Two U.S. active-duty pilots who were on board ejected safely and received minor injuries. The aircraft was slated to be transferred to the Qatari Air Force through the Foreign Military Sales program. The incident is currently under investigation.”
Update, 13:20 pm EST: A report from Military.com has confirmed that the mishap, which occurred on landing, involved crew from the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Both pilots sustained minor injuries, but only one was taken to hospital, as per the previous account. Both pilots are assigned to the Defense Contract Management Agency, which works with contractors to ensure equipment delivery, the aircraft in question having been handed over by Boeing earlier this week.
Update, 13:20 pm EST: A report from Military.com has confirmed that the mishap, which occurred on landing, involved crew from the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Both pilots sustained minor injuries, but only one was taken to hospital, as per the previous account. Both pilots are assigned to the Defense Contract Management Agency, which works with contractors to ensure equipment delivery, the aircraft in question having been handed over by Boeing earlier this week.
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Premature Ejection?
The picture does not show any damage to the aircraft but the crew evidently "ejected".
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Back in 1976, we had a rear seat ejection from Harrier T2 which was then landed by the front seat pilot. The aircraft was porpoising as it overflow the airfield at Wildenrath. The ejection appeared to clear the problem. The rear seat pilot survived , uninjured if I remember correctly. Whilst the aircraft stayed in the hangar for many a week until the problem was resolved ( fine silt in the hydraulic oil getting into the rear PFCU platten), I think we just fitted another seat and canopy. It did return to squadron flying.
ps. I watched the T2 ejection from the car park as we were turning up for Friday midday shift change.
pps. I was working on top of that T2 some weeks later, when a GR1, possibly GR3, had an engine disintegrate (LP stage 3 stator root cracking) on take off and I watched that pilot eject. (Summers day, side hangar doors wide open with great views of the runway). Again I think he survived but with some injuries.
ps. I watched the T2 ejection from the car park as we were turning up for Friday midday shift change.
pps. I was working on top of that T2 some weeks later, when a GR1, possibly GR3, had an engine disintegrate (LP stage 3 stator root cracking) on take off and I watched that pilot eject. (Summers day, side hangar doors wide open with great views of the runway). Again I think he survived but with some injuries.
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As it's brand new I should imagine it will be repaired, the instruments now are all TV screens on that version, see
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...nd-new-cockpit
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...nd-new-cockpit
I should imagine the Qatari's will want a brand new brand new one, not a brand new repaired one. That will be an interesting discussion between those who bought it and those who broke it.
CUTiger78, it was a landing incident, not a takeoff incident. From the article linked in the OP :
Update, 13:20 pm EST: A report from Military.com has confirmed that the mishap, which occurred on landing, involved crew from the U.S. Air Force and Navy
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Thought that this things were made of metal, but it certainly doesn't look like that.
The whatever fiber is made of is better at reducing radar return ? (besides any other possible advantages)
The whatever fiber is made of is better at reducing radar return ? (besides any other possible advantages)