CF-18 jet crashes at Alberta airport

[Derf]

CF-18 jet crashes at Alberta airport
Boozer was hear for Jones Beach airshow...Nice guy and glad he is ok!

Video of crash here!!!! Look at the video!
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/crashes+Alberta/3315220/story.html


MOD REVISION: Just to you don't have to click off-site...

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[lijk604]

Oh man, glad to hear he is okay, but wow, that sucks!

Looks like it happened during a low-slow pass, when an aircraft is most vulnerable.

[Derf]

Seen in better days

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/2010-Jones-Beach-Airshow/IMG0329/889196276_fgJuD-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/2010-Jones-Beach-Airshow/IMG5654/889069608_kuKbG-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/2010-Jones-Beach-Airshow/IMG2621/881453679_r7Yo9-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/2010-Jones-Beach-Airshow/IMG0548/889202334_SePGb-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/2010-Jones-Beach-Airshow/IMG0542/889201719_A6Mnv-L.jpg

http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/2010-Jones-Beach-Airshow/IMG5660/889070053_FSBKf-L.jpg


LETS SEE YOUR SHOTS OF HER!!!!

[lijk604]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4643856120_21365d0b1b_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4663417692_ef0a6f9cfd_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4663417476_1f115458d4_z.jpg

[Steven Holzinger]

From what I understand, Boozer was recently released from the hospital.

[moose135]

Glad to hear Boozer is doing well!

An amazing sequence of shots here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le1650255/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/lethbridge-cf-18-jet-fighter-crash/article1650255/)

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Air-Shows/Jones-Beach-Air-Show-2010/JM20100530FRGAirshow009/884031074_3znSW-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Air-Shows/Jones-Beach-Air-Show-2010/JM20100530FRGAirshow004/884030626_gDbkT-L.jpg

After returning from the beach:
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Air-Shows/Jones-Beach-Air-Show-2010/JM20100529FRGAirshow001/888219133_YVtJD-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Air-Shows/Jones-Beach-Air-Show-2010/JM20100529HUTS003/883224855_ire7H-L.jpg

[Fighting_falcon_51]

Wow this is the first plane I ever took a picture of that crashed. I remember waiting for this bug come to FRG on airshow week sweating my arse off and I remember standing at the AAM with my fellow NYCA members watching this bug leave.

This is very sad but I'm happy the pilot is okay.

Here are some pics I have more but I'm not at home and I didn't upload them to my server yet.

Just landed at FRG:
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7931/dscf2484.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/dscf2484.jpg/)

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I wonder who would win the race?

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1724/dscf2507e.jpg (http://img710.imageshack.us/i/dscf2507e.jpg/)

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Getting ready to leave:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4708/dscf2855m.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/i/dscf2855m.jpg/)

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CF-18's butt:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6567/dscf2867z.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/dscf2867z.jpg/)

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[Matt Molnar]

Some great photos on MSNBC's photoblog (http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/23/4739027-pilot-ejects-an-instant-before-fighterjet-crashes):

http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739045.jpg (http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/23/4739027-pilot-ejects-an-instant-before-fighterjet-crashes)

[Derf]

Here is a shot of him I took for him in Chris B's P-51. Man was he impressed with that Mustang!
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/945258706_zKMET-XL.jpg

[Fighting_falcon_51]

After watching the video it looks like he was doing a high alpha pass.....probably the worst time to lose an engine.

[Derf]

After watching the video it looks like he was doing a high alpha pass.....probably the worst time to lose an engine.

I concur

[moose135]

I am a little disappointed though - I figured surely Fred would have found a way to get photos of this himself. :wink:

[Fighting_falcon_51]

I am a little disappointed though - I figured surely Fred would have found a way to get photos of this himself. :wink:

What a let down! :lol:

[Steven Holzinger]

Boozer and Billy (Billy flew the demo in 2008)
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs607.snc3/31969_10100116046603559_8812382_54124585_5152005_n .jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs607.snc3/31969_10100116047132499_8812382_54124644_1259371_n .jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs607.snc3/31969_10100116047287189_8812382_54124665_6200119_n .jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs547.ash1/31969_10100116985881239_8812382_54185251_1296329_n .jpg

And this is my all-time favorite video I've shot of a CF-18...
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[Cary]

A shame about the plane, but so glad the pilot escaped any major injuries! Anyone else hear what song was playing during the practice flight?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4823020628_114efbd475_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/caryliao/4823020628/)

[Matt Molnar]

Anyone else hear what song was playing during the practice flight?
Yep, very appropriate since he stayed alive and all. :-)

[Big Tim #70]

Staying alive is the song that is playing during the High Alpha Pass.

I had the pleasure of hanging with the CF-18 demo team a few different times during the Jones Beach show. They all were very accommodating & appreciative of the fan support.

Here are a few of my PICS of the team (East Coast Maintenance) & the plane.

CF-18 on the Ramp, afternoon & evening

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6278/cf18ramp1.jpg (http://img338.imageshack.us/i/cf18ramp1.jpg/)

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/7127/cf18tail.jpg (http://img836.imageshack.us/i/cf18tail.jpg/)

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5517/cf18ramp2.jpg (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/cf18ramp2.jpg/)

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4586/cf18ramp3.jpg (http://img833.imageshack.us/i/cf18ramp3.jpg/)



CF-18 team

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8696/cf18team.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/i/cf18team.jpg/)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7620/cf18teamnames.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/cf18teamnames.jpg/)


CF-18 in taking off from FRG

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/8827/cf18takeoff1.jpg (http://img835.imageshack.us/i/cf18takeoff1.jpg/)

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8885/cf18takeoff2.jpg (http://img717.imageshack.us/i/cf18takeoff2.jpg/)


CF-18 doing the High Alpha on Sunday.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1457/cf18highalpha.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/cf18highalpha.jpg/)

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3138/cf18highalpha2.jpg (http://img844.imageshack.us/i/cf18highalpha2.jpg/)

[NLovis]

The 1st time I ever took a pic of a plane that crashed. (Might be a lie. I have N921FT before it overshot the runway. Not sure if that counts) Really glad the pilot is ok. Crashes without life loss are good crashes.

[Derf]

The 1st time I ever took a pic of a plane that crashed. (Might be a lie. I have N921FT before it overshot the runway. Not sure if that counts) Really glad the pilot is ok. Crashes without life loss are good crashes.


I don't know if I would say good crash.... I did get where you were going with that

[heeshung]

Here she is in better times:

http://horriblephotography.com/albums/Jones%20Beach%20Airshow%202010/IMG_2709psss.jpg

http://horriblephotography.com/albums/Jones%20Beach%20Airshow%202010/IMG_3325ps.jpg

[fk6065]

Thank goodness nobody got hurt.

Arrival on 5-26 and in the evening on the ramp

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/945919352_GUCwN-M.jpg

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/945919475_QKxGK-M.jpg

[Speedbagel_001]

Just out of curiosity, how do they (ie: the military) go about replacing jets that are lost? Since this was a demo aircraft, do they pull one from another part of the Air Force to replace this one? Are there any in inventory that are considered "spares" to be re-designated in such situations? Provided the pilot recovers quickly (hope so), do they send him right back up in another jet?