Thunderbird Crash With Cockpit View

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A thunderbird jet crashes at an air show, the video has the cockpit view also giving it that extra bit of excitement to the last second ejection.

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Thunderbird Crash With Cockpit View

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It is a good thing that the pilot
ejaculated.
By GL22 1161991356 Reply Spam [+5] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2650871~~
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He Survived
Okay he survived. I read the accident write up about it. It had nothing to do with the high angle of attack. His error was not setting the Altimeter correctly for the airport he was doing the demo at. I can't remember all about the ejection but his canopy didn't fully deploy and he landed in the fire ball. However his seat landed first putting out the flames right were he landed. He was also wearing a nomex flight suit. Contributing to his survival, all this happened in the space of a few seconds to boot.
By Blocker1000 1161836881 Reply Spam [+4] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3024486~~
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So
If this was in fact a Thundrebird, which member of the Tracy family was piloting it...? And why didn't Thunderbird 4 land with firefighting equiptment to extinguish the ensuing enferno........... F.A.B
By groundrush 1162931769 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2986926~~
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The way
to scrap billion dollar plane ^^
By Global Savvy 1162193830 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3012791~~
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- billion?
  i thought it was more like 100 million or so
  By Noobert 1163032735 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1764153~~
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info
It is possible for the pilot to pass out just because of the down force from the ejection.
By StefanSu91 1161922197 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2607377~~
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Info
The pilot simply wasn't watching his angle of attack and didn't throttle down enough to complete the loop. As a result the jet stalled and couldn't recover. He just wasn't paying attention to all the details and got distracted, which can happen, but there is no room for error in that business. BTW, he did survive; ejection seats are made to get pilots out of trouble very fast, so he was launched back and away from the crash.
By Tyger_Soldier 1161814079 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2487047~~
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- wrong
  he was paying attention... which is precisely why he ejected at the EXACT moment necessary... he paid attention by having his hand on the ejection handle, the way he was trained to do when performing this maneuver... the reason he crashed is because his altimeter was set incorrectly, so he thought he was higher above the ground than he really was..
  By kyle j sanders 1168011284 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3664405~~
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- nope
  .
  By bikeguy721 1161987636 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2370007~~
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wait a minute..
the pilot was being practical: ejection from too high an altitude can be more dangerous when an uncontrolled jet roams the skies...it's not that obvious, you can still get killed by the jet...
By bleaght 1161789668 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1751134~~
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- nope
  .
  By bikeguy721 1161987651 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2370007~~
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Facts.....
That was a few years ago, in Mountain Home, Idaho. The pilot survived, but lost flight status after his accident review. It was ruled pilot error, for obvious reasons.
By Sledman 1161711860 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2188849~~
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- that's what hapens when u waste
  millions of dollars worth of machinery
  By brankobruda 1161743857 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2554975~~
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survive
could the pilot survive?
By crazy_7 1161703290 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1755817~~
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- well
  he ejected just before so i guess its possible. anyone know?
  By Carper 1161712522 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~417947~~
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- Ejection doesn't always = Survival
  There are so many factors that will contribute to the pilots survivability. That F-16 exploded in a huge fireball and the pilot may have survived the ejection only to land in the fireball. Other pilots eject at the wrong angle - enough said. And 2 pilots died in S.Africa recently when a training flight through a mountain pass went horribly wrong. One pilot ejected into the cliff face and the other ejected right into an oncoming truck and ended up in the driver's cab. If I'm not mistaken several motorists were also injured in the ensuing pile-up.
  By Ozzie 1161779358 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~253538~~
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- holy crap!
  is this true, can anyone confirm?, that would almost be worthy of a darwin award!!, ejecting yourself into another vehicle! - hahaha!
  By hellyeahbitch 1162404150 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2161612~~
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Scary
I would not want to be that guy.
By Cofis 1161633488 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2712833~~
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Oh my Gosh
what a n00bie
By yeyeyeyey 1163282544 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3218356~~
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Be careful
i'm eugenes but eugenes _ is another person which i don't know
By uu?? 1161977675 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2365180~~
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The pilot survive, so?....
Come in Europe to see true pilots!...
By proflorinn 1161923658 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2673886~~
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- riiiight
  The last great fighter pilot from Europe was the Red Baron.
  By Wiffle Ball Tony 1161997854 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2193990~~
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- I came in Europe...
  Didn't see any Pilots though, only the Stewardesses!
  By snocat 1161980923 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1414944~~
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- american plane huh?
  :))
  By Ibiza82 1162346416 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1021194~~
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Slight Problem...
you can clearly see the pilot eject... camera stays in plane.... how did the camera footage of the pilot survive the fireball we saw destroy the plane?

Sorry, but thats makin me believe the "pilot" was a fake...

i may b wrong, and if i am, i want that camera!
By Danrather 1161814761 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3022313~~
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- live feed?
  maybe the video was being sent in real time to the base station.
  By Golf Ball 1161834615 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1888066~~
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