CF18 crash at Airshow practice

Wonder what percentage of peacetime airframe losses can be attributed to "Airshow"...
 
More airframes are damaged or destroyed in training and operational accidents than in airshows or airshow practice. Sounds like the pilot may recover and that's the most important thing.
 
stansdds said:
More airframes are damaged or destroyed in training and operational accidents than in airshows or airshow practice. Sounds like the pilot may recover and that's the most important thing.
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I suppose that's a good thing then, still do wonder what the split is...pleased the pilot made it out OK.



Naismith: I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop...Canada ain't the only Nanny around.
 
Wing_Z said:
Wonder what percentage of peacetime airframe losses can be attributed to "Airshow"...
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A very low percentage. But 100% of them take place in plain view of the general public with substantial media onhand to immediately record the events and leverage online and traditional outlets.

In my view, well low enough to more than justify the benefits of keeping the paying public in touch with what they have paid for. :engel016:

Cheers,

Ken
 
Jeez, that was a close one. From the still pix it looked like he maybe got one swing in the harness before he hit the ground. Hope he makes a full recovery.
 
/now with hot photos of hot fiery crash, hot linked!:jump:
//from msnbc.:ernae:
/// glad he got out!:salute::salute:
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I'm sure if the pic was taken just a bit quiker it would have looked like this :gameoff:


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Wow! Over in the FSX forum a story was posted about the pilot being released from the hospital. He's ok and that's the best news!
 
That slow motion video was a great demonstration of a zero-zero ejection seat doing its thing. :salute:
 
I've just looked at the crash video.
Low/Slow/High AoA...on the boundary of the performance envelope.
Er, just outside the envelope, actually.
Let's rephrase that question then:
Wonder how the airframe losses at "Airshow" compares to the fleet average outside "Airshow", per hour flown.
I don't have that number, but given you generally push the envelope at the airshow, I suspect it may be quite high.

Don't get me wrong, I love going to air-shows, just to see the envelope being pushed.
Ken Stallings said:
...In my view, well low enough to more than justify the benefits of keeping the paying public in touch with what they have paid for.
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But I am wondering how long it will take some bean-counter to figure out that $60million is quite expensive for 30 seconds of entertainment, and that it happens too often.

Exciting as it may appear, I have no desire to witness any such event at any airshow I go to.
 
The Video clip and Allan's trio of pictures look telling to me. In the video. you can hear two pops just as the plane begins to yaw. In the middle photo above, there is a jet of flame from only the left engine. That leads me to think that engine was running at impact and the right was not.

A right engine failure would have induced a yaw rate and at that airspeed, the rudders could not have countered it. The pops lead me to think that it may have compressor stalled due to the high AOA and perhaps a stray wind gust.

Just my guess though.

I've seen the F-18 do the high AOA pass plenty of times (Including once by a Canadian Hornet) at airshows and I'm sure it's perfectly safe. as long as both engines are working.

Brian
 
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