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Offline rpm

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« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2006, 11:22:05 AM »
They were lucky noone on the ground was hurt. IIRC, Dover AFB is in a densely populated area.
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« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2006, 11:23:44 AM »
More like I was TREATED! haha...

but....I was just talking about accidents in IMC conditions...I uhhh forgot to specify that...so...now you have been treated =)

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« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2006, 11:30:19 AM »
Geez eagl, you report a plane crash that could've been terrible, then use it to thump against UAVs.
 
You may be a helluva pilot, investigator and all that but clearly no one taught you "tact"
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« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2006, 11:38:46 AM »
rpm wrote:    
They were lucky noone on the ground was hurt. IIRC, Dover AFB is in a densely populated area.

Looks like it went down on or very near the base. Those fire trucks are from the base FD, not any of the locals. The "hazmat" suits are SOP, Mylar/Nomex fire suits.

I live about a mile from the northwest end of the main runway. Rarely do they take off this way. Mostly they take off SE and land from the NW. There's not much to the SE (pan around this link).

http://www.google.com/lochp?hl=en&q=&ll=39.126332,-75.484056&spn=0.051403,0.072784&t=k

My house is in the top left corner. Most of the city of Dover is north of here. If they run into trouble while landing, things could get messy.
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« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2006, 12:50:00 PM »
Local coverage:
http://www.newszap.com/articles/2006/04/03/dm/central_delaware/01crash.txt

The engine failure may have been the result of birds being sucked into the engines, a known cause of engine failure, a spokeswoman a spokesperson for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon said.

Officials at the Dover base have warned for years of the danger posed by birds feeding at the Eastern Shore Environmental garbage transfer station on 26 acres off Postles Corner Road just east of the main runway at Dover Air Force Base. That transfer operation is in the process of being relocated to a 20-acre site south of Farmington.

http://delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060403/NEWS/60403008

Curiously, Eastern Shore Environmental was able to squash Air Force opposition to this site with the assistance and financial involvement of the Bush family.
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« Reply #20 on: April 03, 2006, 12:52:23 PM »
« Last Edit: April 03, 2006, 12:57:06 PM by Russian »
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« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2006, 01:54:34 PM »
WOW look how close it is to the road
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« Reply #22 on: April 03, 2006, 04:58:13 PM »
good thing it crashed in that field and not on the road looks like the pilots made it out ok
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« Reply #23 on: April 03, 2006, 05:27:48 PM »
Im happy to hear everyone walked away from the crash.  Thank God we didnt see a repeat of the SWA 737 Midway incident...Can you imagine what a galaxy would do
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« Reply #24 on: April 03, 2006, 05:45:20 PM »
The galaxy would have steam rolled the cars on the highway
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« Reply #25 on: April 03, 2006, 05:50:46 PM »
Especially, as furball points out, carrying 270,000 tons of cargo.

The 270K tons is with the most recent upgrade and was supposed to be classified.  Somebody in the administration is in a bunch of trouble.
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« Reply #26 on: April 03, 2006, 08:56:18 PM »
imagine looking out your car window and seeing a C-5, d150 and closing
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« Reply #27 on: April 03, 2006, 09:02:01 PM »
The wingspar on that thing is tough.  There is little damage to the wings considering it hit hard enough to break the tail and cockpit section.  That could have been a big fireball.

Who makes the C-5?  Whoever it is, WTG!
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« Reply #28 on: April 03, 2006, 09:06:33 PM »
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
WOW look how close it is to the road


Look how close to the runway!
You know the dude hadda get a lame "ditch" outta that!

Seriously, glad these guys are ok and also a superb example of airmanship!

Btw, eagl. Always enjoy your insight in relation to aircraft etc garnered from your unique poisitional perspective.
Brings alot to the board.

Does "TAC ATTACK" still issue for the military acft/maintenance community?
Was always some interesting "mishap reporting" articles in there.

Regards
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« Reply #29 on: April 03, 2006, 09:09:21 PM »
270k tons?! i'd say 270k lbs of cargo is more likely. equivalent to 135tons
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