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The good news is that they can put the thing on a truck and be back at the factory in about an hour!
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https://theaviationist.com/2021/05/20/f-15qa-recovery/
As per standard procedure for aircraft departing the runway, the two crew members, one from the U.S. Air Force and one from the Navy, both assigned to the DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency), ejected from the F-15QA and sustained minor injuries. One was taken to the hospital for additional checks. The aircraft, that sports the tail code 0010 (QA010/17-0010), has been recovered and while the airframe seems to be in “good shape”, the damage to the glass cockpit, as a consequence of the ejection seat rockets, will have to be assessed. |
So they "departed the runway" (any idea why? Mechanical? Weather?) and punched out. And the aircraft continued to roll on it own until it stopped pretty much intact. Wow...
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US Navy exchange NFO created the command ejection in the recent RAAF F/A-18F wobble on the runway at RAAF Amberley too....he's back in America I believe.
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Originally Posted by atakacs
(Post 11051645)
So they "departed the runway" (any idea why? Mechanical? Weather?) and punched out. And the aircraft continued to roll on it own until it stopped pretty much intact. Wow...
As to why it left the runway in the first place, who knows... |
The RAAF Super Hornet was about 100m into its takeoff roll only
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