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Title: Lucky man.
Post by: 76646 on March 03, 2010, 11:17:31 PM

All i can say is wow.  :salute


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Crash.arp.600pix.jpg

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: 1sum41 on March 03, 2010, 11:19:07 PM

looks like an Airforce Thunderbirds jet.

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: 76646 on March 03, 2010, 11:32:19 PM

Found this on it.

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   September 14, 2003: 31-year-old Captain Chris Stricklin, flying Thunderbird 6 (opposing solo), failed to pull out of a dive but safely ejected at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Stricklin miscalculated the altitude required to complete his opening maneuver, a "Split S", and climbed to an inadequate altitude of 1670 feet above ground level (AGL), instead of 2500 feet, before initiating the pull-down dive of the maneuver. The accident occurred due to the difference in mean sea level (MSL) altitudes between Mountain Home and Nellis AFBs, approximately 1,100 feet. Stricklin ejected just 0.8 seconds before impact. His parachute deployed just above the ground and he sustained only minor injuries from the ejection. There were no injuries to spectators. As a result of the crash, Thunderbird pilots now call out AGL instead of MSL altitudes

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: Wingnutt on March 03, 2010, 11:37:02 PM

so.. is the IRS garnishing his wages for the next 300 years or what?

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: bcadoo on March 04, 2010, 01:48:38 AM

Not so lucky....cost him his job....

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: xNOVAx on March 04, 2010, 01:59:56 AM

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

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: oakranger on March 04, 2010, 02:39:37 AM

Quote from: Wingnutt on March 03, 2010, 11:37:02 PM

so.. is the IRS garnishing his wages for the next 300 years or what?

I do not think IRS will have anything to do with that, 

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: Maverick on March 04, 2010, 01:21:48 PM

Report of Survey is limited on what they can recover. The real damage was potentially the loss of promotion and having a viable career after the crash. On the other hand the change in procedure, which seems rather like common sense since AGL is the critical altitude, indicates that the team at least felt there was a bit of a mitigating factor. It all still comes out on the pilot however. Never fly beyond the edge of the sky in an airplane.

Title: Re: Lucky man.
Post by: Denholm on March 04, 2010, 03:37:07 PM

I'm glad the guy made it out...