USMC F-35B Crash - 17 Sep 23
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You may laugh, but the USA did similar in the 70's for I think an F18 that had been displaying at Farnborough? it spat its turbine out nr Basingstoke and the US offered rewards to anyone finding pieces of the engine to help in finding out why it failed.
...shades of 370...
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I watched a single seat GR3 ejection on take off - the start of the 3rd stage LP Stators issue that plagued the fleet for many years.
Yes, I remember that well! I heard the engine wind down, grabbed my 35mm camera, jumped out of the door and got the first shot through the tele-photo lens as the seat started to move up the rails, followed by a series of shots of rocket firing, seat separation, ‘chute deployment and subsequent arrival back on the grass, alongside the substantial fireball.
As I lowered the camera, I realised that I had just returned from a War Sites recce and had removed the TS(UK eyes only) film from the camera (no digital in them days!!) a matter of minutes before. Fantastic shots of the ejection, therefore, stayed imprinted on my memory but not on film ☹️. I remember that the titanium fire kept re-igniting itself for several hours afterwards.
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Yes, I remember that well! I heard the engine wind down, grabbed my 35mm camera, jumped out of the door and got the first shot through the tele-photo lens as the seat started to move up the rails, followed by a series of shots of rocket firing, seat separation, ‘chute deployment and subsequent arrival back on the grass, alongside the substantial fireball.
As I lowered the camera, I realised that I had just returned from a War Sites recce and had removed the TS(UK eyes only) film from the camera (no digital in them days!!) a matter of minutes before. Fantastic shots of the ejection, therefore, stayed imprinted on my memory but not on film ☹️. I remember that the titanium fire kept re-igniting itself for several hours afterwards.
Mog
Aah OK.
I thought it might have been Tony Craig or John Sadler, as I'm sure it was one them that said in an interview about enjoying sneaking up at low level on RAF stations when flying the BAe Mossie around the country to airshows because of low radar signature of the Wooden Wonder, the worlds first stealth MRCA
I thought it might have been Tony Craig or John Sadler, as I'm sure it was one them that said in an interview about enjoying sneaking up at low level on RAF stations when flying the BAe Mossie around the country to airshows because of low radar signature of the Wooden Wonder, the worlds first stealth MRCA
There's lots of large 'killer subs' waiting silently in Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie.........of the prehistoric kind equipped with many teeth 
Lake Marion has South Carolina's largest population of Alligators it seems, with Lake Moultrie, the 2nd largest. The jet might stay lost
https://www.theitem.com/stories/lake...ulation,400014
Lake Marion has South Carolina's largest population of Alligators it seems, with Lake Moultrie, the 2nd largest. The jet might stay lost
https://www.theitem.com/stories/lake...ulation,400014
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Is anyone local to the area? Are these lakes used for any sort of recreation? Boating, fishing, etc? I know the weather was bad, but it's not January. 2pm on a weekend, only a few miles out of town and there's nobody around? Is that normal for the area?
In this day and age, with everyone glued to their cell phone, I would expect not only witnesses, but a dozen videos posted to youtube and tiktok within the hour. If not of the plane, then at least of the pilot hanging under canopy. He reportedly landed in a back yard. Somebody must have seen him?
In this day and age, with everyone glued to their cell phone, I would expect not only witnesses, but a dozen videos posted to youtube and tiktok within the hour. If not of the plane, then at least of the pilot hanging under canopy. He reportedly landed in a back yard. Somebody must have seen him?
Where did the canopy go? That's got to be a few hundred pounds of acrylic and aluminum or carbon fiber fallen out there.
There are a variety of possible reasons for what happened. I suspect the aircraft was flying as the wingman and had his transponder selected off per normal procedures. The flight lead in this situation would by training be concerned with the ejected pilot not the airframe if VFR. If IFR not much he can do with regard to the airframe or the ejected pilot. If in fact they were flying in formation I doubt the autopilot was on and I doubt the pilot would bother to select it on prior to ejection.
The reason for the ejection could be a bird strike, engine failure, cockpit fire or even an unintended ejection due to a malfunction.
We do know the stealth features seem to work!
The reason for the ejection could be a bird strike, engine failure, cockpit fire or even an unintended ejection due to a malfunction.
We do know the stealth features seem to work!
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Bit of a turn and the aircraft could have been Bermuda bound.....lots of ocean not far from the incident site....and lots of National Forest areas with lots of trees and marsh.
The USAF is still missing some Hydrogen Bombs down towards Savannah.
Bad weather...not a lot of visibility....wide open spaces or the ocean....this yard dart might take some finding.
The USAF is still missing some Hydrogen Bombs down towards Savannah.
Bad weather...not a lot of visibility....wide open spaces or the ocean....this yard dart might take some finding.
Something like this might go on at the accident board: Go to about 1:00 minutes.
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If this was somewhere near Formby in the 1980's, IIRC he became something of a legend following his arrival in a field next to a public house, by removing his bonedome, gathering the parachute, walking through the crowded Sunday afternoon beer garden to the bar where he requested "a large brandy and the use of your telephone please".
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The US military is searching for a missing F-35B in South Carolina after the pilot ejected yesterday and the jet kept flying. If you have seen an F-35 in the woods, please contact the US Marines.
The US military is searching for a missing F-35B in South Carolina after the pilot ejected yesterday and the jet kept flying. If you have seen an F-35 in the woods, please contact the US Marines.