Is It 'A Good Landing' If You SWIM Away From It?

[DaJudge]

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[Yota]

He forgot to lower his landing gear, but other than that I give it 4 stars. :D

[DADA_JEEP]

i would give it 4 stars based on splash alone :D

[Jeffro600]

Any landing you survive is a good one! :D

[Pilot]

Works for me. As long as its somebody else's plane.

[Oscar]

Ejection seat didn't work properly either. Not supposed to land in your own wreakage had it been on land he would have ended up in the fireball.

[Loki]

Thats a quick way to wash your plane. :D

[SCOUTMAN67]

I wonder if the military would go recover that plane or just leave it there? :confused: The water can't be that deep.

-Gary

[DaJudge]

I wonder if the military would go recover that plane or just leave it there? :confused: The water can't be that deep.

-Gary
I am sure they recovered it for the Accident Investigation Board, the Flying Evaluation Board, the Claims Investigation, etc and they salvaged any reusable parts before sending the carcass to the scrapyard.

[rubbersidedown]

Bellyflop!!

[Budman]

Ejection seat didn't work properly either. Not supposed to land in your own wreakage had it been on land he would have ended up in the fireball.

Funny, I was thinking he should have steered away from the wreckage. He is lucky he did not get sucked under with his plane. Course, since it was a low altitude exection, it was probably the seat.

[Yota]

He also didn't turn his landing lights on. Pshaw! :D

[DaJudge]

Response to that video from a buddy of mine:

I wonder if he was on a frolic and detour to scout the action at the beach? In 1975, my Navy squadron was deployed from NAS Norfolk to NAS Roosevelt Roads, PR. One of our F-4 crews went missing, and was reported to be overflying a nude beach area. When they finally returned, the C.O. was hopping mad, and he reamed them both a new one. Being the shrewd enlisted men that we were, we cut out a stencil that said "Beaver Patrol" and we spray painted it on either side of the nose radar cone. Those two lieutenants didn't seem to have a sense of humor.

[Oscar]

You know thats funny for training missions on U-2's there is a tracker camera in the nose of it so they could pparactice getting the shots. I always found it strange the alot off flights took place along the coasts and river in northern calif. where there were alot of clothes optional hang outs.

[Pilot]

Being the shrewd enlisted men that we were, we cut out a stencil that said "Beaver Patrol" and we spray painted it on either side of the nose radar cone. Those two lieutenants didn't seem to have a sense of humor.

LOL! Beaver Patrol. Can you get an F-4 slow enough to actually see anything? What's their stall speed about 130 knots?

[Scott@Rockstomper]

LOL! Beaver Patrol. Can you get an F-4 slow enough to actually see anything? What's their stall speed about 130 knots?

I've heard between 70 and 100 depending on conditions, but the angle of attack to stay airborne at that speed looks pretty ridiculous, and makes it kinda tough to see where you're going. :laughing:

[Pilot]

I've heard between 70 and 100 depending on conditions, but the angle of attack to stay airborne at that speed looks pretty ridiculous, and makes it kinda tough to see where you're going. :laughing:

Plus with that freakin wing, I wouldn't go anywhere near the stall speed unless I was practicing stalls with a lot of altitude beneath me. Never low and slow at 300 ft. AGL or whatever to "site" see.

[DaJudge]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2168921.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2168921.stm)

Air show Harrier crashes into sea

An RAF Harrier jet performing at an air show has crashed into the sea off the Suffolk
coast.



The accident happened in front of thousands of holidaymakers at the
Lowestoft Air Show. The pilot ejected shortly after the engine failed.

The Harrier was coming to the end of its display - when it bows to the
crowd, before flying off.

A spokesman for the organisers says at about fifty feet, there was
apparently engine failure and the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Tony Cann,
ejected. The Lowestoft lifeboat brought him ashore.

Flight Lieutenant Cann, who is based at RAF Wittering, is understood to be
well and crowds applauded him as he waved from a helicopter which was
taking him to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston for examination.

A BBC reporter at the scene said the aircraft was flying about 50ft above
the water when there was a loud explosion.

"The Harrier, one of the most popular parts of the show, was facing the
crowd about 50ft from the edge of the sand," said Guy Campbell.

"It was about to do a favourite manoeuvre with the crowds - a bow - when
there seemed to be some kind of huge engine loss.

"The jet began to fall towards the sea then there was an explosion as the
hood of the cockpit blew off and we saw the pilot fly about 50ft into the
air."

No-one in the crowd was injured.

'Good safety record'

Military aircraft expert Nick Cook, of Jane's Defence Weekly, said that the
?35m GR7 Harrier has had a "pretty good safety record".

"But if when it 'takes a bow' it gets engine failure then there is nothing to
do but eject because it is not going forward at speed," he said.

Mr Cook said British air shows had a very high safety record and disasters
such as last months tragedy in the Ukraine, where more than 80 spectators
were killed, should not occur.

"In Britain we have very strict rules about air shows and aircraft have to be
a minimum of 400 metres from crowds," he said.

More than 400,000 visitors had been expected to watch the second day of
the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival on Friday.
Attractions at the annual event included the Red Arrows and other display
teams including the Royal Jordanian Falcons.