US Navy aircraft crash lands at Bahrain International Airport

Hahaha, I haven't seen that in ages, it's a classic. Thanks for the laugh

originally posted by: iWontGiveUP
a reply to: Zaphod58

Perhaps I should I have gone with the HOT SHOTS landing scene

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Eta the video

A gem

a reply to: JIMC5499

They lost quite a few Tomcats to that never sufficiently damned TF30 engine. God that was a horrible engine.

a reply to: nelloh62

Perhaps a stupid question, but how come it didn't blow?

Did he eject and ghost ride the plane down?

a reply to: kix

Because it's time to move on from those planes. The designs are nearing 50 years old.

a reply to: iWontGiveUP

It's actually pretty hard to get military aircraft to go up. They're designed with taking major damage and staying intact at least long enough for the pilots to leave the building. In this case, he punched during the rollout, which caused it to veer off until the grass and a main to let go imo.

a reply to: Woody510

We already have two aircraft types that the third generation is flying the same airframe. Not the same type, but the same tail numbers. We don't need more.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Yeah, but I had one hell of a ride in one.

a reply to: JIMC5499

Lucky bastard.

It sounds like it started in the engine and rapidly moved to other systems. He was heading to Sheik Isa Air Base, but wasn't able to make it that far, so went into the airport instead.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Trust me. I worked hard to get it.

a reply to: JIMC5499

Oh I know you did. I know what it takes to get one of those rides. You're still a lucky bastard.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
It sounds like it started in the engine and rapidly moved to other systems. He was heading to Sheik Isa Air Base, but wasn't able to make it that far, so went into the airport instead.

precisely what I was going to address... the landing was not a scheduled one
the aircraft was profiling to grab as much air as possible, hence the nose-up landing at a commercial airport...

Question? , was the landing at a desolate end of the runway configuration...
I say the Navy Pilot did a spectacular landing in the conditions he was under...

as for the depleated status of the Navy in all aspects of their mission ability--- the "Obama Funding Squeeze" was the primary source for the event---& not the lack of technical ability to make-shift & keep 'em flying...Clown #44 strikes again



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