F18 Crash in Spain
Pilot survives.
Note there is a longer video on Twitter which shows leadup to the dive https://www.facebook.com/reel/233783...&s=yWDuG2&fs=e |
Lead-up to the crash
https://twitter.com/OnAviation/status/1659893952575619075?t=aUbxVJeb3arIjgCFtom9jA&s=19 |
Spanish Air Force F-18 Crash
At Zaragoza Air Base during a Families' Day demo. Pilot ejected and transported to hospital.
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Looking at the second of mickjoebill's links (which I couldn't click on, for some reason, so will repost below) I'm going with G-LOC resulting from the sharp pull-up, with the pilot regaining awareness just in time to eject. Possible the aircraft might have departed after the zoom climb, can't quite tell; the fact it's a Hornet means it could have been a high-alpha spiral dive rather than a spin, not that either would be recoverable that close to the ground.
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Saw a similar thing at Cuatro Vientos……
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looks like a good setup for G-LOC as Easy suggests. The driver got a sooty chute, that's 2 of 9 lives in about 10 seconds, lucky Seņor.
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