-how-not-to-land-a-fighter-jet

[mthrockmor]

A long, straight line with slow descent rate makes for an awesome landing.

Why the -35 comes in roughly 90 degrees off the runway, no idea. As for the -16,

boo

[Russian]

The Russian pilot should give lessons to this F-16 pilot.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54a_1358227242

Looks like he maybe lost hydraulics / brakes. Since it's a civilian field there is no net / aresting equipment to catch him.... so going off the runway is only thing he could do. 

[craz07]

I think he just got schooled on physics to tell you the truth... seemed like he came in super confident, and got a lucky bop in the head on how dangerous it really is to land a several thousand pound metal machine...

[SysError]

Looks like he maybe lost hydraulics / brakes. Since it's a civilian field there is no net / aresting equipment to catch him.... so going off the runway is only thing he could do.

quote from the text on the F16:

...cockpit fogging, pilot lost visibility. The aircraft's ventilation system failed and condensation formed during the final approach (that can happen rapidly during a jet descent). It also explains why the airbrakes wereot deployed: he was distracted just getting the plane down.

[SteelyDan68]

I wonder what happens when I google image search "trash?"...

Oh, right.

(Image removed from quote.)

That's kinda harsh.  True, but harsh... 

[BaldEagl]

So the implication is that as long as it's not a fighter jet it's a perfectly good way to land?

[Ripsnort]

The Russian pilot should give lessons to this F-16 pilot.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54a_1358227242

Meanwhile in Canaduh... 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2683047/F16-fighter-jet-lands-dangerously-close-plane-spotters-display-RAF-Waddington-Airshow.html

[MiloMorai]

Meanwhile in Canaduh... 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2683047/F16-fighter-jet-lands-dangerously-close-plane-spotters-display-RAF-Waddington-Airshow.html

I think you have to take some geography lessons. Royal Air Force Waddington is a Royal Air Force station located 4.2 miles south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire and 13.3 miles north east of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England.

That is ~4800km from Canada.

For those still using the archaic system, that is ~3000mi.

[Ripsnort]

Canaduh=Englands Biatches.

Same country, different locations.

[Scherf]

[Puma44]

Meanwhile in Canaduh... 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2683047/F16-fighter-jet-lands-dangerously-close-plane-spotters-display-RAF-Waddington-Airshow.html

A more accurate headline would be "Plane spotters stand dangerously close to approach end of runway during normal F-16 approach and landing".

[craz07]

puma has got the know how