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wow a Navy jet crashes in Virginia?

Postby alrot » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:22 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/u-n ... 03258.html

and F-18 what a waste ,the good news seems to be no casualties so far

Did anyone heard about this ? :o
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Re: wow a Navy jet crashes in Virginia?

Postby patchz » Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:49 pm

Yep. A friend of mine sent me an email he received from a friend of his about it. I thought I would share.

[quote]An F-18 Super Hornet has crashed at Virgina Beach this morning. A/C was on takeoff with a full fuel load. A/C became airborne and started making popping noises, witnesses smelled fuel, and the A/C was flying in a nose up attitude. Photos of the port turbine show the turkey feathers closed (mil power or shut down) and the starboard turkey feathers open (afterburner or idle).
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Re: wow a Navy jet crashes in Virginia?

Postby Mike.. » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:11 pm

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Re: wow a Navy jet crashes in Virginia?

Postby expat » Sat Apr 07, 2012 4:29 am

On a side note, in a previous life that involved a light blue suit, I spent three weeks at NAS Oceana. I had a cracking time. Great weather, very friendly locals and the best bit, was the Neptune week (or words to that effect). There was a huge air display at Oceana and part of the display was a supersonic flyby by a pair of F14 Tomcats. They where a mile or so off the coast, but still, something I have never seen before or since. In fact I have not heard a proper sonic boom since the mid 80's cold war peek.
When ever I visited my parents in Cornwall each evening at around 18:40 (dad would set his watch), you could hear a very muffled thump as Concord slowed out over the Atlantic, but you had to listen for it. Not quitein the same league as a pair of Tomcats at sea level though.......... 8-) 8-)

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PS, I even had my moment of glory, I appear in a center page spread of Flight International under the title of Mad Harriers on deployment (or something like that). :D :D
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Re: wow a Navy jet crashes in Virginia?

Postby U4EA » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:26 pm

Latest seems to be only one hospitalization (one of the aircrew), a handful of relatively minor to absolutely minor injuries, and the best part.........

......NO FATALITIES! :)

After seeing the video and a lot of stills, it is truly amazing that no one was killed and/or seriously injured.

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