IDAN Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 (edited) The pilot did a maneuver call "tail walk" and somthing gone wrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G26GQ7fgnWM&feature=player_embedded 35 million $ gone in seconds Edited July 24, 2010 by IDAN~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSierra Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Haha he was pretty quick getting the hell out of that plane! Glad he's okay though, sucks for the plane, those F18's are good jets.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GySgt~SPARTA~ Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 yeah pretty damn lucky one source said the one of the engines went out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNo~SPARTA~ Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 This is in my home town. I was out at noon when it happend on my bike wondering what all the fire trucks were doing flying around town. CF-18 rigged for show demo's out of Cold Lake, Alberta, During practice the day ahead of the air show, doing the low speed pass, at the end of the run he throttled up to acclerate out of the manuver as they do, usually full afterbuner pull out, the starboard engine is said to have then popped a few times with sparks and something comming out, Port engine would have been at full throttle as per manuver exit, yaw rate at such a low speed resulted in the aircraft yawing to the starboard while at the same time, stalling the aircraft, he punched out just in time. Chute was about 70% open when he hit the ground and the wind from the fire pulled him for about 150 yards across the ground. In true Canadian AirForce fashion i doubt we'll really get told what happened, but it looks like engine failure from a mechainical issue or it ingested a bird it couldnt handle. Flight conditions were very good that day, a bit cooler, mid cloud, minor wind which he was flying into during the routine. Pilot reported to be ok with minor issues, non that are anounced. Well, now we can get those F-35's on order casue our fleet crashed..... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Youch! there goes 20 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCO Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Canada announces 9 billion dollar purchase of F35 Lightning II ... http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/f35II/index-eng.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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