John, No, not incompetent, just made an error. He failed to set his
altimeter to field elevation for his minimums. He had quite a lot of hours, but
was no longer on the Thunderbirds afterward.
Jerry
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--- On Sun, 12/21/08, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] OT, Miramar Re: While on the subject of computer safety and
back-ups
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 5:33 PM
Was the pilot just incompetent ?
It seems hard to believe that he put his plane flat on the runway for any
reason other than not knowing what should have been done.
How many flying hours had the pilot logged ahead of performing this stunt ?
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT, Miramar Re: While on the subject of computer safety
and back-ups
> No, it's a bomber; but take all the kit off and it looks pretty good.
> Not as good as a Viper, of course.
>
> But then all Viper displays don't look good:
>
> http://www.metacafe.com/watch/192468/f16_crash/
>
> When the solo Thunderbird pulled-through (Split-S) from below his gate
> height.
>
> This is such a good video that we show our students as a lesson in
> flight safety.
>
> Chris
>
> On 21 Dec 2008, at 16:16, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> A fully loaded Tornado is obviously not a good "air-show"
plane.
>>
>> I remember when the F16 was being showed for the first time at the
>> Paris Air
>> Show. The routine they had that first year was unbelievable!
>> Halfway down
>> the runway on the takeoff roll, it went straight up then did an
>> imitation
>> hammerhead (obviously it wasn't) and came screaming straight back
>> down at
>> the runway where at the last second it pulled back out to horizontal
>> and
>> continued down the runway at about 100 foot. It was a routine that
>> stopped
>> everybody in their tracks--NOBODY had seen anything like it before.
>
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