Growlers crash

[TuFun]

 

[Priller]

Proof once more that not everybody gets to join the Blue Angels...

 

[Sbob]

As air-to-airs go, this one is pretty strange.

I was wondering if the footage would have to be rated NC-17.
Where do little Growlers come from?

 

[Tako_Kichi]

I don't think there will be any little Growlers as the ejections left via parachute so it was more of a spit than a swallow!

 

[stansdds]

Glad that no one was killed or seriously injured.

 

[TARPSBird]

When I first saw the video of the mid-air (not the one TuFun posted) my first thought was, somebody's not gonna make it out of that.
Was relieved to see four good chutes and the flight crew were OK. Jets were from VAQ-129, the EA-18 training squadron at NAS Whidbey Island. Staff (instructor) aircrews often perform flight demos at weekend air shows around the country. The ejection sequence is not usually part of the demo.

 

[Mike71]

Somebody lost sight of the other on some type of rendezvous attempt --

 

[MrZippy]

Somebody lost sight of the other on some type of rendezvous attempt --

Yep! One jet right on top of the other! Not exactly the correct rendezvous procedure!

 

[Tako_Kichi]

At that closing speed it might only take a blink or sneeze at the wrong time!