Flight/Planes

[Duke]

God Bless them.

Pilot in critical condition after aircraft crash near Fort Worth

Two pilots were ejected from a military aircraft in a crash that damaged three homes in the Lake Worth, Texas area on Sunday and left one pilot critically injured and another in stable condition.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Probably a Navy Goshawk.

 

[Duke]

Navy Pilot Was Electrocuted By Power Lines After Ejecting From T-45 Jet Trainer: Report

Images of a parachute caught up in power lines were seen after the crash and the pilot is now in critical condition.

www.thedrive.com

Never heard of this happening before. I know parachutists and hot air balloons have wound up in power lines, but I can't remember it occurring with ejected aircrew.

 

[Lynne]

Navy Pilot Was Electrocuted By Power Lines After Ejecting From T-45 Jet Trainer: Report

Images of a parachute caught up in power lines were seen after the crash and the pilot is now in critical condition.

www.thedrive.com

Never heard of this happening before. I know parachutists and hot air balloons have wound up in power lines, but I can't remember it occurring with ejected aircrew.

This is horrible. I hope he makes it.

 

[Duke]

This is horrible. I hope he makes it.

I checked today; he's still alive in serious, but stable, condition.

 

[Debi]

Watch an Australian C-17 weave between skyscrapers in 'insane' video

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet flew low between skyscrapers in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[Duke]

Watch an Australian C-17 weave between skyscrapers in 'insane' video

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet flew low between skyscrapers in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday.

taskandpurpose.com

Watching that video brought back memories of 9/11.

I agree we'd not allow our pilots to fly this mission during peacetime. That said, the C-17 was designed as a battlefield tactical transport, designed to get in and out of tight combat areas. With a fly-by-wire control system and no cargo and a limited fuel supply, it's going to be lightweight and surprisingly nimble for an aircraft of this size.

 

[Debi]

And this would be???

Lockheed Exec Refuses To Comment On Video Exposing Mystery Aviation Technology On Secret Testing Base

Lockheed Martin Senior Executive Refuses To Comment On Odd-Shaped Aircraft That Surfaced In TikTok Video At Apparent Skunk Works Facility

dailycaller.com

 

[Duke]

And this would be???

Lockheed Exec Refuses To Comment On Video Exposing Mystery Aviation Technology On Secret Testing Base

Lockheed Martin Senior Executive Refuses To Comment On Odd-Shaped Aircraft That Surfaced In TikTok Video At Apparent Skunk Works Facility

dailycaller.com

I would bet that's not a real a/c, or even a model representing a real or developmental a/c. I think it's calibration shape used for radar cross section testing, or "pole cat" as the RCS guys call them. If this was an actual classified a/c, there's no way it would have been that accessible.

 

[Debi]

I would bet that's not a real a/c, or even a model representing a real or developmental a/c. I think it's a calibration shape used for radar cross section testing, or "pole cat" as the RCS guys call them. If this was an actual classified a/c, there's no way it would have been that accessible.

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Thanks for the insight! I had no clue about RCS or pole cats. Learning something new here.

 

[Lynne]

Watch an Australian C-17 weave between skyscrapers in 'insane' video

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet flew low between skyscrapers in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday.

taskandpurpose.com

This seems very risky to me. A lot of people and property could be destroyed if there was a crash. To do this just for entertainment seems unnecessarily risky. We have all seen the beach crashes from air shows.