Thunderbirds grounded
 

TBirds grounded while an investigation is underway to establish how the two jets came into contact with eachother.

Looks like Rob needs to add the words 'missile launcher pylon' to his vocabulary.

http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0821/4878067_320X240.jpg

http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0821/4878004_240X180.jpg

Thunderbirds are NOT go!:ok:

I blame the puppeteers!

Those pesky strings just keep getting in the way and snagging on things!!!!!!!

News report here:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...thunder22.html

Last one in '99? - what about Sep 2003, that was kind of an accident wasn't it?

http://www.fototime.com/4A15AE45ACF9116/standard.jpg

Posted before elsewhere, but link to a site with a couple of astonishing movies regarding the above photo.

Rgds
T3

http://www.michaelworth.com/thunderb...4_sep_03.shtml

He reacted brilliantly and nobody got hurt (is he shorter than he was before the ejection?).

Is he still flying a desk in Washington???

Are they taking the cost of the a/c out of his pay check?

I guess he must have been a good pilot to get selected for the team in the first place, but this sort of error in front of a big crowd, when the purpose of the flight is to demonstrate the excellence of the Air Force, can't be acceptable, surely.

'A superior pilot uses superior judgement to avoid having to demonstrate superior skills'.


The Odd One