Great shot of the Thunderbird F-16 Ejection

You can already set the "electronic" system altitude to zero. But then you
have the analog "steam gauge" which won't match and F-16 pilots don't like
conflicting readings. And if you set the "electronic" system altitude to
zero, it would throw off the delta altitude values for all of the reference
steerpoint settings unless you adjusted them also. Too much room for error.

Darrel

Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, said:
"Pilot Bob (I am just a great guy!!)" wrote:

It makes sense to have an adjustable altimeter for aerobatics than
can be zero'ed through at least 10,000 MSL.

And you're going to put this *where* in an F-16?

On an F-16, it will probably be a software patch. They don't call it the
Electric Jet for nothin.

--
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Please say this was followed by a very serious discussion on Right and
Wrong involving a blow torch, 220V, a cobra and three East Germans
named Georg... -- Robert Uhl

Blimey. That would pay for 2/5 of an indoor rainforest.

Paul

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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The aircraft, valued at about $20.4 million, was destroyed.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:5igQb.131182$I06.1149412@attbi_s01...
Over on "alt.binaries.pictures.aviation" someone has posted a terrific, high
resolution, nearly head-on shot of the Air Force Thunderbird F-16 ejection
sequence from the crash in Idaho a few months ago. It REALLY shows how
close the pilot came to hitting the deck before ejecting.

What appears to be cockpit video of the incident can be found at:

http://s91499480.onlinehome.us/vids/

No background info given, but it sure seems to be genuine. 4 meg download.
There's also the classic video of the moron giving himself helicopter lessons.

No background info given, but it sure seems to be genuine. 4 meg
download.
There's also the classic video of the moron giving himself helicopter
lessons.

If you like this kind of stuff, I've collected a fair number of aviation
videos he

http://alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"David Kinsell" wrote in message news:wuGRb.129024$Rc4.997383@attbi_s54...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:5igQb.131182$I06.1149412@attbi_s01...
Over on "alt.binaries.pictures.aviation" someone has posted a terrific, high
resolution, nearly head-on shot of the Air Force Thunderbird F-16 ejection
sequence from the crash in Idaho a few months ago. It REALLY shows how
close the pilot came to hitting the deck before ejecting.

What appears to be cockpit video of the incident can be found at:

http://s91499480.onlinehome.us/vids/

No background info given, but it sure seems to be genuine. 4 meg download.
There's also the classic video of the moron giving himself helicopter lessons.


Wow, no one has accused this of being phoney video? No one has asked why
the T-Birds would be flying with a camera trained on the pilot? No one has asked
how the tape survived the fireball? No one asked how this video showed up on
a strange little website without explanation? This group is starting to disappoint me . . .

Wow, no one has accused this of being phoney video? No one has asked why
the T-Birds would be flying with a camera trained on the pilot? No one
has asked
how the tape survived the fireball? No one asked how this video showed up
on
a strange little website without explanation? This group is starting to
disappoint me . . .

No one did all that because the tape has been available since right after
the crash.

We all questioned it then, and someone (I forget who -- Big John? Dudley?)
here verified that it was authentic.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"David Kinsell" wrote in message
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"David Kinsell" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5igQb.131182$I06.1149412@attbi_s01...
Over on "alt.binaries.pictures.aviation" someone has posted a
terrific, high
resolution, nearly head-on shot of the Air Force Thunderbird F-16
ejection
sequence from the crash in Idaho a few months ago. It REALLY shows
how
close the pilot came to hitting the deck before ejecting.

What appears to be cockpit video of the incident can be found at:

http://s91499480.onlinehome.us/vids/

No background info given, but it sure seems to be genuine. 4 meg
download.
There's also the classic video of the moron giving himself helicopter
lessons.


Wow, no one has accused this of being phoney video? No one has asked why
the T-Birds would be flying with a camera trained on the pilot? No one
has asked
how the tape survived the fireball? No one asked how this video showed up
on
a strange little website without explanation? This group is starting to
disappoint me . . .

I can't account for why the group would be disappointing you, but the
Thunderbirds tape every show and every practice without fail, for review and
criticism in the post flight debrief.
The in-plane camera and the HUD camera are designed to survive the crash.
The ejection shot came from a controller on the ledge of the tower at
Mountain Home and would usually become a part of the AF investigation team's
evidence. Normally, something like this would remain in house, but the
shot's release to the public is no big surprise to anyone.
Anything else you need to know, just ask. There's a fairly good chance that
someone in this group that seems to be disappointing you so much will have
the correct answer.
:-)))
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
For personal email, please replace
the z's with e's.
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt

Dudley Henriques wrote:

"David Kinsell" wrote in message
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"David Kinsell" wrote in message

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

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Over on "alt.binaries.pictures.aviation" someone has posted a

terrific, high

resolution, nearly head-on shot of the Air Force Thunderbird F-16

ejection

sequence from the crash in Idaho a few months ago. It REALLY shows

how

close the pilot came to hitting the deck before ejecting.

What appears to be cockpit video of the incident can be found at:

http://s91499480.onlinehome.us/vids/

No background info given, but it sure seems to be genuine. 4 meg

download.


I got that vid from this group, It was first posted by Dean Wilkinson
on Dec 12th.
Google link to the start of the thread "EJECT!"
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H2B322C37

WW

In article Tq8Sb.137505$5V2.701525@attbi_s53,
David Kinsell wrote:


Wow, no one has accused this of being phoney video? No one has asked why
the T-Birds would be flying with a camera trained on the pilot? No one has asked
how the tape survived the fireball? No one asked how this video showed up on
a strange little website without explanation? This group is starting to disappoint me . . .

The Thunderbirds put live in cockpit video up on a 'Jumbotron' at
some (all?) of their shows. They don't show all the in cockpit
cameras at once, obviously, and it makes sense that they would tape
them all for later review. Since the tapes were on the ground,
they weren't involved in the crash.

The only mystery is who released the video, but that is minor.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.panix.com/~jac

John Clear wrote:

The only mystery is who released the video, but that is minor.

IIRC, it showed up on a news feed the next day.

George Patterson
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either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances
under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more
often to the physician than to the patient.