F-16 oops
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dcarver
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It's MY TAX MONEY!
CAJW
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That jet jock is obviously a squid! He was trying to follow up his wheelie with a stoppie and ran out of concrete!
Tree Doc
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I would bet so. The engine is after it ingested 10 cubic yards of soil. I'd bet the majority of the avionics package is wasted. I'm sure there's something bolted to the airframe they could still scavenge, hell, they used to steal good parts off of good airplanes when a squadrons inventory was low! :lol:
ScottyUSN
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<P>Edit: After seeing the additional footage. My guess is the F16 will be parted out.</P>
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ScottyUSN
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My crews used to carry around a letter that in plain english stated "My Aircraft is more important than yours. If I need a part you have on your aircraft, you will give it to me now"
I never got to use the damn thing!
madmike2
Shtirrenuppenmeister
From the looks of it.....all new plastic pieces, the front stay is bent....etc., etc.
kolonial72
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Now THAT is embarassing.
James Burleigh
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Well, if YOU don't know....
I'll bet you've been following the news on the French jet that crashed in the Atlantic, where they recovered the flight data recorders two years later.
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Checkswrecks
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The F16 not only totaled the engine, the airframe was beyond repair. We're pretty aware of what the Air Force is looking into and I'm sure the cause will become public, but it's their case.Well, if YOU don't know....
I'll bet you've been following the news on the French jet that crashed in the Atlantic, where they recovered the flight data recorders two years later.
As for Air France flight 447, it is a French investigation and there's a lot more public info here: https://www.bea.aero/en/enquetes/flight.af.447/flight.af.447.php
wheatonFJR
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I wonder how much an F-16 engine and airframe costs?
Hmmmmm. Suddenly I feel this big hole taken out of my/our wallet.
Hmmmmm. Suddenly I feel this big hole taken out of my/our wallet.
Tree Doc
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Hmmm...only now?
I've been living with that feeling everyday and it has become even worse since 2008! :huh: :lol:
I missed the F-16 go in. I was working in the FAA hangar. As there weren't many of us there due to the furlough, we were a tad busy. Did see it with the nose on the trailer after they drug it out of the dirt.
Looked like he was coming in pretty hot. You know what Navy pilots say....."Flare to land, squat to pee".
Looked like he was coming in pretty hot. You know what Navy pilots say....."Flare to land, squat to pee".
BikerGeek99
Yeah, it's a concrete corn cob. So?
Hmm...
That video kinda reminds me of MEM pulling into the bike parking area at CFR '10.
:lol:
That video kinda reminds me of MEM pulling into the bike parking area at CFR '10.
:lol:
beemerdons
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Ooooh, that was a real wicked zinger Andy!
She'll have Petey kick your *** for that one!
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JimNtexas
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As others have said, F-15s and F-16s always 'areo brake', that's normal.
Taxpayers, don't get too upset. There are probably over a hundred late model F-16s sitting in the boneyard at Davis-Monthan in Arizona. They can just pull one of those out of storage to replace this one.
With respect to drag chutes, the SR-71, the Space Shuttle and the F-117 all used them.
James Burleigh
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I just meant to say you're probably watching it closely out of professional interest. What a tragedy....
