F-16 dead stick into Elizabeth City, NC

[Nypsy]

Passed along to me by a friend:

Here's the F-16 dead stick into Elizabeth City, NC: A fairly short RWY for
jets, (about 6000 ft long), but qualifies for an "Emergency landing field" in
the grand scheme of US aviation.

 The video begins as the flight is being followed on radar.  The flight
leader askes for the Elizabeth City tower UHF freq which is repeated as 355.6
and the entire flight switches to that freq: Just one-more-task for the pilot
to execute in the cockpit as he reports that his engine has QUIT.  He has to
activate the Emergency Unit to maintain electric and hydraulic power.  This
unit is powered by Hydrazine:  (the caustic fuel that Germany created in WW II
to power their V-2 Rockets and their ME-163 rocket fighters among others.)
Thus, the last call about requesting fire support after the jet is safe on
deck, and pilot breathing easy.

The HUD is a very busy instrument, but among things to notice are the
'circle' in the middle which represents the nose of the aircraft and where it
is 'pointed': "The velocity Vector".

- The flight leader reports they are 7-miles out from the airport and at 9000
ft altitude.  Since the weather is clear and the airport is in sight, this
allows for adequate "Gliding distance" to reach a runway with the engine OFF.


Nice job....cool pilot!

http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/SUPERGT/3384/

[Strip]

Done it a thousand times in AcesHigh, its a cake walk....

 

Good job to the pilot, definitely saved the tax payers some coin and possibly lives on the ground
as well as his own. I appreciated the fact that instead of landing hot he held the bird a few feet
in the air to bleed excess speed instead of just relying on the brakes.

(Hydrazine was not present in the V-2 though...)

Cool vid!

Strip

[Nypsy]

Hydrazine was not present in the V-2 though...)

Not sure about the V-2 but seems the Germans used it in the 163.

From Wikipedia:

Hydrazine was first used as a rocket fuel during World War II for the Messerschmitt Me 163B (the first rocket-powered fighter plane), under the code name B-Stoff (hydrazine hydrate). When mixed with methanol (M-Stoff) and water it was called C-Stoff.

[kilz]

hats off to the pilot not easy to remain calm like he did

[Vudu15]

constant training is what that was. liked how his flight lead sounded more worried than him, but he had otherthings to deal with.


good vid 

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

  To some of the worlds best. 

[LLogann]

Outstanding example of calm under fire!!! 

[ImADot]

Yep, the guys who do this for real are well trained professionals. 

Here's a vid that's been around for a while...bird sucked into engine on takeoff - they calmly tried to restart twice before punching out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN_Zl64OQEw

[CAP1]

hats off to the pilot not easy to remain calm like he did

  i'd bet it was just another day for him.

excellent job doing what he did.....but those guys train constantly.

 i used to have a customer here at the shop, flew with the 119th fighter wing out of nj......till some ultra melon threw a really big car at him. 

 anyway, he was always training.......was a great guy. i miss the dood.

[MachFly]

Perfect example of crew resource management, his wingman did a great job.

[Langhsn]

Excellant, hey I live just 6 miles north of Elizabeth City NC.  =S=

[Curlew]

  very well done