MAYDAY! MAYDAY! I'M ON FIRE! I'M OUT! MARK!

DemoTex

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:22 PM
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MAYDAY! MAYDAY! I'M ON FIRE! I'M OUT! MARK!

Amazing video of a mid-air collision during high-speed air combat maneuvering -- taken from INSIDE one of the F-15s on 3/17/2003. During training operations at Nellis AFB, Nevada, two F15 pilots collided in midair. One pilot ejected shortly before his plane crashed, the second pilot landed safely.

http://www.simradar.com/Feature/2830/F15_Mid_Air_Collision.html

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Cush

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:24 PM
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1. wow

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havocmom

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:25 PM
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2. Damn, Mac, thought maybe you were taking bad risks to keep warm!

Edited on Mon Jan-31-05 06:25 PM by havocmom

Don't scar me like that! Pictured your pant leg going up in flames from some portable heater!

I'll send the link along to a youngster I know who is learning to fly :evilgrin:

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DemoTex

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:39 PM
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4. Well, my pants have been flaming this afternoon ...

.. but that was due to the red beans and rice for lunch.

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trof

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:37 PM
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3. When I was in pilot training, in aerodynamics class,

Edited on Mon Jan-31-05 06:47 PM by trof

they showed us a video of the famous F-100 "Sabre Dance" as an example of what happens when you get behind the power curve.

We were still just in academics, and hadn't started aircraft training yet.
I had some serious second thoughts about what the course I was about to embark upon.
I'll see if I can find a clip.

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DemoTex

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:42 PM
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5. I remember the "Sabre Dance."

More like the Danse Macabre.

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trof

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:51 PM
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7. Can't find a clip, but got a bit of a nostalgia trip...

Looking at something about my old bird, the F-84.
Specs:
"Crew: Pilot
Number of engines: 1"

Them wuz the days.

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DemoTex

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Mon Jan-31-05 07:34 PM
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9. The F-84, a ground-loving whore ... right?

Edited on Mon Jan-31-05 07:56 PM by DemoTex

That just pops into my mind. Probably from one of your old posts.

On edit: That also reminds me of summer-time departures from Stuart, Florida (5000' runway), in a JetStar II headed for Houston. We called it the "PINE-CONE 3 DEPARTURE." First time I flew left seat out of Stuart, the old codger in the right seat - a seasoned L-1329 captain - looked over at me as we began advancing the four power-levers and said, very distinctively, "V-1!". I knew exactly what he meant.

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:46 PM
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6. Damn

That guy sounded like he stayed in the plane for a while.

I would have ditched that plane immediately

Fighter pilots have some balls man.

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trof

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Mon Jan-31-05 06:52 PM
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8. Most of us carry them in a wheelbarrow.

Oh jeez.
Just could not resist.
<hee>

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DemoTex

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Mon Jan-31-05 07:47 PM
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10. Indeed, sir!

I was not a fighter pilot .. you were. But I know all about fighter pilots. I watched the F-100 "Misty" fast-FACs in Vietnam, the RF-4C recce birds on the trail, the F-8 Mig-Masters from the boats, the legandary "Wild Weasels," and my favorite, the "Sandys" in their old A-1s providing close-air support for the many shoot-downs in my AO, the Ho Chi Mihn Trail in Laos. I'll carry your helment bag any day .. hell, I'll push your wheelbarrow. I know that you were Alabama Air National Guard, but the "Mistys" were a guard unit too. You never knew where you might end up in those days (unless you were GWB). Thanks for your service, Butch.

Mac

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