Canadian F-18 Jet Goes Boom

[gigahertz20]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATuNmqpoZyc

Story:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/24/c_13412648.htm


Ironic background music being played at the air show eh? (Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive)

 

[TridenT]

There goes tens of millions of dollars..

 

[the unknown]

I only saw one parachute.. what happened to the other guy?

 

[Dominato3r]

Canadian F-18's are single seaters. This happened about 4 hours away from me :s

Hopefully the pilot is okay. It'll be good to have those F-35's.

 

[Dominato3r]

Looks like an engine failed. It was yawing pretty hard to the right.

 

[theflyingpig]

All the more reason to spend the money to research and develop new fighters. Too bad this administration can't realize these simple truths.

 

[deadlyapp]

Looks like an engine failed. It was yawing pretty hard to the right.

It looked like it simply lost all power and started floating into a spiral. If there was more elevation I'm sure that's what would have happened. Good thing the pilot got out while he could.

 

[Newbian]

Whoa.... since when did Canada have war vehicles capable of flight?

I thought they still used Canadian geese for their air force.

 

[Jeff7]

Link with some better pictures.

A friend pointed out to me that the exhaust nozzle on the right engine looks like it's closed as far as it can go. Don't know if that's due to something the pilot was doing, or if that was what caused the loss of engine power.

 

[DaTT]

Whoa.... since when did Canada have war vehicles capable of flight?

I thought they still used Canadian geese for their air force.

Ha ha ha ha, so original.

 

[DaTT]

Link with some better pictures.

A friend pointed out to me that the exhaust nozzle on the right engine looks like it's closed as far as it can go. Don't know if that's due to something the pilot was doing, or if that was what caused the loss of engine power.

Awesome pics

 

[Dominato3r]

He was doing a high pass but lost an engine. That's when the spiral kicked in. He was intentionally stalling.

 

[Dominato3r]

All the more reason to spend the money to research and develop new fighters. Too bad this administration can't realize these simple truths.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven you guys spent billions developing the white elephant that is the F-22?

 

[BUTCH1]

All the more reason to spend the money to research and develop new fighters. Too bad this administration can't realize these simple truths.

Huh? was this crash caused because the plane "wasn't good enough"?, no, the F-18 is an awesome fighter and frankly the F-22 is really a waste of $$ IMO since no possible enemy has yet to match the F-18's capability's.

 

[Dominato3r]

Well, Russia will by 2015, once the Sukhoi PAK is given to them. For now though, it's not being matched.

 

[KeithP]

... the F-22 is really a waste of $$ IMO since no possible enemy has yet to match it's capability's.

Did you just say that a fighter is a waste if it is better than an enemy's aircraft? LOL.

-KeithP

 

[BUTCH1]

Did you just say that a fighter is a waste if it is better than an enemy's aircraft? LOL.

-KeithP

Oops, I meant to say no one has yet to match the F-18 capability's, fixed it. My point is why develop a weapon system of any kind if there is no reasonable expectation of it ever being needed..

 

[marvdmartian]

Lucky pilot.....but that close to the ground, notice that his parachute barely had time to offer him any assistance? Looks like he hit pretty hard.

Had a T-38 training jet go down here, about a couple years or so ago. Instructor & student pilot were doing touch and go maneuvers, and had just lifted off from the runway again, when they had a dual flame out. IP ordered ejection, the plane crashed into a huge fireball.....and the prevailing winds carried both pilots right into the fire! Wasn't a damn thing anyone could do to save them, even though the fire trucks were there within a couple minutes.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Huh? was this crash caused because the plane "wasn't good enough"?, no, the F-18 is an awesome fighter and frankly the F-22 is really a waste of $$ IMO since no possible enemy has yet to match the F-18's capability's.

Su-27 and its variants say otherwise.

 

[Dominato3r]

Fanboi

 

[moparacer]

Holy crap that was close.......

Hope hes ok.

 

[shiner]

Oops, I meant to say no one has yet to match the F-18 capability's, fixed it. My point is why develop a weapon system of any kind if there is no reasonable expectation of it ever being needed..

Ever picked up a history book?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Su-27 and its variants say otherwise.

What is on paper does not always match what is built.

Also, the quality of the pilot and support has a major impact on the value of the weapon systems.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Whoa.... since when did Canada have war vehicles capable of flight?

I thought they still used Canadian geese for their air force.

Not exactly state of the art...

 

[Dominato3r]

Snowbirds are amazing.