:hmm: gotta wonder about that bit....more airframe fatigue issues coming to light??

Not that secret!

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/821...agleedited.jpg

Both crew out safely, last seen supping tea in nearby house

Interesting, especially considering there was only a pilot onboard...

-Dazza

I'd love to see that. Any chance of scanning and posting on the history forum?

Tsk tsk chaps....
 

......you're lagging a bit aren't you? Why has no-one posted a TAF or METAR for the area and time of the incident? You'd be drummed out of R&N for a failure like that.

The Ancient Mariner

(creeps away to remove tongue from cheek)

You clearly don't like the Armed Forces, so why are you even looking on a forum that is military related?

Looking for cock?

That's the thing about 'democracy'...

True, but I can't see why anybody would waste their time on a part of a website that is about something that they so strongly disagree with. Unless of course, they had no interest in the subject at all and just want to get a rise out of people, which this individual seems to have done quite successfully tonight!

ZeBedie

Unfortunately It would have to be scanned in sections if I did it..

I will have a look tomorrow

V1

I thought 51 posts was a lot even for a squished Eagle. Then I saw the reason. Some small village somewhere missing its idiot.


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Hmm. BBC reports that the a/c flew on for "a good mile" following the ejection.
They make it sound as though it was trundling along by itself for hours rather than just descending less than vertically.


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You clearly don't like the Armed Forces, so why are you even looking on a forum that
 

You'll meet your Boss one day, He might say "Well done, good and faithful servant"

Not missing, Newark.

Just learned that pupils at Weston Hills Primary School have made a get-well card for the 48 Fighter Wing pilot, a lovely gesture.

West Coast, most, if not all of those F-14s are scrap now. The shredders and smelters worked overtime. For those to whom such things matter, the aircraft involved was the last F-15D delivered to the U.S.A.F.

I'm glad the pilot got out safely!

@MadBob: After the Cold War ended, the German AF and Navy put one Tornado each into storage at AMARC. It was part of a trial to determine whether storing all the aircraft that were phased out at the time was a viable option.

However, although the preserved aircraft remained in very good condition and could easily be restored to flying status, all the various updates and small changes that the rest of the fleet had meanwhile went through rendered those two Tonkas useless, for all intents and purposes. Effectively, their only remaining use was as a source for spares, and this could be achieved without storing entire aircraft.

Interestingly, the French still put most of their withdrawn aircraft in storage at Châteaudun Air Base. Sorry for being off topic.

Actually, I'm ok with that. It's called the social contract and it beats fighting for every meal.


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