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| Senior Member | Did that guy in the A-6 survive? |
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| Minister of Whoopass ![]() Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Yes...
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| "Shooter" ![]() | I've seen the A-6 shots before, but don't know the story. The Blue Angels shot is awesome!
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| Senior Member | Cool shots! |
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| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| The A-6 guy did survive and one of the things that saved him was the fact that parachute was wrapped around the tail of the aircraft keeping him from being sliced and diced by the shards of glass of the broken canopy. At least that is what the flight fax said that my dad brough home a while back.
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| "World Traveller" ![]() | Nice pics Les, still amazing that he managed to survive, doesn't look pleasant.
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| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| I am sure it was not.
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| Minister of Whoopass ![]() Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| More....
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| Senior Member | some pretty amazing shots there..........
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| "World Traveller" ![]() | Yes nice shots, the SU-27 shot is amazing.
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| "Shooter" ![]() | Cool stuff, Les! The Oh%20Shit.jpg shot is actually something that F-111s do (or did) on a frequent basis. It is called dump and burn. The fuel dump is right between the exhausts on the 111. They dump some fuel, then light the afterburners and whoosh! It looks like a freaking flamethrower. It looks really cool at night. So why do they do that? One is to dump fuel for an in-flight emergency to get rid of fuel fast. But I do know of at least 2 other cases where they were used for other reasons. During the Libya raid, Col. Fzackerly <sp> saw one of his flight trying to find the group to form up for the ride home. The just went 'feet dry' and had to maintain radio silence. The colonel did a quick dump and burn to signal his wingman where they were. During an operational exercise off of Italy, near Comiso IIRC, 2 f-111s were jumped by a hotshot F-16 pilot who had been briefed not to get to close. Someone wasn't listening. The aardvarks were at a fairly low level with their wings swept forward. Not the ideal position to get caught in. The Falcon driver got right up on the tail of the lead wingman, who performed a classic dump and burn. Melted the canopy on the F-16 and burned all the paint off!. It was a good thing he was below, or he would have gotten an intake-full also that would have flamed him out. Must have been a sight to see a charred F-16 landing!
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| Senior Member | I'll bet the guy in the F-16 sh*t his pants. Try explaining that one! Great pics les! |
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| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Amazing pics.
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
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| Yep the F 111 dump and burn is awesome, seen it many times. The RAAF do it quite abit at special events, airshows, the Indy etc.
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| "Shooter" ![]() | Yep, I remember watching it during the Y2K celebrations. Still a site to behold. I don't recall seeing the USAF do it for anything other than to dump fuel. I have seen it much more often from the Aussies.
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