Air Show CF-18 Crash

colby4601

Member
May 23, 2010
64
Southeastern Saskatchewan
Some pretty amazing pictures from a CF-18 plane crash in Lethbridge, Alberta yesterday. The pilot safely and successfully ejected suffering minor injuries after being dragged down the runway.


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May 21, 2010
1,030
LKN, NC
INCREDIBLE PICTURES!


More incredible that the pilot suffered only minor injuries. Thank God for ejection seats.
 

Stendec

Member
May 21, 2010
816
Or thank Martin-Baker for zero-zero ejection seats.


That's one of those things you cant practice. Punching out would be bad enough, but to do it at that altitude and speed while upside-down and hoping the things works as advertised takes stones. But it beats the alternative.
 

RJ*

Member
May 21, 2010
346
Finland
I always wondered what happens to the career of a pilot that wrecks a multimillion dollar aircraft. Do you get another one, or are you stuck flying a desk until retirement?
 

Jarred J.

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May 21, 2010
11,580
Shelbyville, TN
depends on if its pilot error or machine failure.
 

nerdly_dood

Member
Jun 15, 2010
2,312
Georgia
RJ* said:
I always wondered what happens to the career of a pilot that wrecks a multimillion dollar aircraft. Do you get another one, or are you stuck flying a desk until retirement?
i was hearing a guy talk about ejecting from a plane once... air force...


...and now he's the president of Hampden-Sydney College.


No setbacks there. (He did fly again after the crash)
 

Stendec

Member
May 21, 2010
816
RJ* said:
I always wondered what happens to the career of a pilot that wrecks a multimillion dollar aircraft. Do you get another one, or are you stuck flying a desk until retirement?

It may be just the angle of the photo, but generally speaking big gouts of flames out of just one engine is pretty indicative of a mechanical problem. Regardless, he'll have to put up with lawn dart jokes for the rest of his career
 

cory y

Member
May 21, 2010
1,614
im prior AF and ive known many and many pilots that have punched out and many go on to keep on flying after 2 or 3 ejections


it all depends on what the cercumstances are of the ejection.
 

UndercoverVLS

Member
Jun 1, 2010
337
NY
From what I am hearing it was an engine failure and one of the afterburners was glowing red-hot. So it sounds like mechanical issues.
 

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