And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Wreckage after an emergency landing of an F-14A Tomcat on the deck of USS Kitty Hawk, Summer 1994
Thankfully, both the pilot and the RIO (Radio Intercept Officer) survived the crash and were listed in satisfactory condition afterwards. I watched the video (horrible quality but you can see a fireball explode) and read the report. Looking at the picture above, it's hard to imagine anyone surviving that, but they did. God had mercy on them.
The pilot never flew Tomcats again. The deck was going up and down with the swells +-10', and he made an 8ncorrect power cut to chase the deck down. When the deck started back up, all of the thrust available wasn't enough to avoid a ramp strike. The RIO landed on deck by S-3s parked on the deck edge. The pilot landed in the flames around the wreckage seen (it actually caught a wire). The front 2/3 of the plane skidded in flames off the front of the angled deck.
"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
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Thankfully, both the pilot and the RIO (Radio Intercept Officer) survived the crash and were listed in satisfactory condition afterwards. I watched the video (horrible quality but you can see a fireball explode) and read the report. Looking at the picture above, it's hard to imagine anyone surviving that, but they did. God had mercy on them.
ReplyDeleteThey survived. That is good news, but did they have to reimburse the Navy for destruction of government property?
DeleteThe pilot never flew Tomcats again. The deck was going up and down with the swells +-10', and he made an 8ncorrect power cut to chase the deck down. When the deck started back up, all of the thrust available wasn't enough to avoid a ramp strike. The RIO landed on deck by S-3s parked on the deck edge. The pilot landed in the flames around the wreckage seen (it actually caught a wire). The front 2/3 of the plane skidded in flames off the front of the angled deck.
DeleteI WAS ON THE CONNIE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE HEARD ABOUT THE CRASH. A FULL SUMMER FOR BOTH CARRIER GROUPS.
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