Yep, very appropriate since he stayed alive and all. :-)Originally Posted by Cary
Yep, very appropriate since he stayed alive and all. :-)
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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
CF-18 team
CF-18 in taking off from FRG
CF-18 doing the High Alpha on Sunday.
EVERYONE IS THERE TO SEE THE SHERPA!
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
The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".
Here she is in better times:
Thank goodness nobody got hurt.
Arrival on 5-26 and in the evening on the ramp
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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?
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