AdamZ
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Adam Zucker
This is amazing. following are not my words by the way.
Here's one you don't see every day. The result of a bird strike on an
F-16. Read the text below FIRST, then watch the video.
Amazing 45 second sequence. You may have to Re-play to see the bird that
entered the engine. Go to large screen if you can. This is footage from
the cockpit of an F-16. Cool reaction and professionalism of the two
pilots,including cockpit transmission with video. F-16 engine ingests
bird after takeoff @ Tyndall AFB Panama City, FL. Think you might find
it interesting to see a crash from the cockpit of an airplane. It is an
instructor pilot in the rear and a student in the front seat of an F-16.
A "Bird Strike," as seen through the Heads Up Display (HUD). You can see
the bird flash by just prior to impacting the engine. You can hear the
aircraft voice warning system telling them they have a problem and
referring to the "D-6 NL" which means there is no engine RPM. They made
2 attempts to relight the jet engine, but evidently there was too much
damage from the bird strike and they had to eject. These guys were very
cool; note the heavy breathing.
They certainly flew longer than one would expect before ejecting.
Airspeed can be observed on the HUD's upper left corner. It goes down to
the low 120's as they struggle to get the engine going again, but as the
plane noses over and dives to earth it increases to at least 175 just
before impact. It just goes to show how quickly your day can go to
pieces - 45 seconds from strike to ejection. All and all, not bad. They
ran the Emergency Checklist, made two relight attempts, and picked out a
plowed field for impact before ejecting.
You can follow the audio attached to it and hear the conversation
between the pilot and instructor pilot and then the tower. Including the
pilot saying they were punching out. The tower didn't seem to completely
understand it all, and missed the significance of the last transmission.
The towers last radio call, he's talking to an empty aircraft. The video
continues until impact, even after they both eject. A classic "buying
the farm" as you can see the plow rows get bigger. A real nice job from
the aircrew by keeping their cool and turning the aircraft away from
populated areas. No one hurt and no one killed but the dirty bird did
cost the Taxpayers a "few" million dollars!
Here's one you don't see every day. The result of a bird strike on an
F-16. Read the text below FIRST, then watch the video.
Amazing 45 second sequence. You may have to Re-play to see the bird that
entered the engine. Go to large screen if you can. This is footage from
the cockpit of an F-16. Cool reaction and professionalism of the two
pilots,including cockpit transmission with video. F-16 engine ingests
bird after takeoff @ Tyndall AFB Panama City, FL. Think you might find
it interesting to see a crash from the cockpit of an airplane. It is an
instructor pilot in the rear and a student in the front seat of an F-16.
A "Bird Strike," as seen through the Heads Up Display (HUD). You can see
the bird flash by just prior to impacting the engine. You can hear the
aircraft voice warning system telling them they have a problem and
referring to the "D-6 NL" which means there is no engine RPM. They made
2 attempts to relight the jet engine, but evidently there was too much
damage from the bird strike and they had to eject. These guys were very
cool; note the heavy breathing.
They certainly flew longer than one would expect before ejecting.
Airspeed can be observed on the HUD's upper left corner. It goes down to
the low 120's as they struggle to get the engine going again, but as the
plane noses over and dives to earth it increases to at least 175 just
before impact. It just goes to show how quickly your day can go to
pieces - 45 seconds from strike to ejection. All and all, not bad. They
ran the Emergency Checklist, made two relight attempts, and picked out a
plowed field for impact before ejecting.
You can follow the audio attached to it and hear the conversation
between the pilot and instructor pilot and then the tower. Including the
pilot saying they were punching out. The tower didn't seem to completely
understand it all, and missed the significance of the last transmission.
The towers last radio call, he's talking to an empty aircraft. The video
continues until impact, even after they both eject. A classic "buying
the farm" as you can see the plow rows get bigger. A real nice job from
the aircrew by keeping their cool and turning the aircraft away from
populated areas. No one hurt and no one killed but the dirty bird did
cost the Taxpayers a "few" million dollars!
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