Thursday, August 7, 2025

Missed it by that much

 


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  1. WAIT! It is a Navy plane... hence it's in the water. Right?

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    1. An appropriate place to crash for a Navy AC.

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  2. Oh sweet! Navy's experimenting with submarine-planes.

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  3. Is that a drone? If it is they're going to want it back.

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  4. It's a fast moving submarine c'mon fellas

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  5. It’s the end of a pilot’s career

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  6. Fairly certain I've seen other pictures of aircraft down... in that same puddle.
    Pull the other one.

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  7. Harrier, so most likely not there due to lack of runway, probably an engine failure.

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  8. Luke Skywalker's great great great grandpappy.

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  9. Here's the accident report. It crashed because it had about a ton more fuel in one auxiliary tank than the other.
    https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/137247
    Al_in_Ottawa

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    1. That would do it with any aircraft.

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    2. Here's a fav of mine. Notice it sez "if."
      BTW, Auto was not selected...

      https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/60442

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    3. What says "if?"

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  10. So, if "a good landing is any one you can walk away from" does that mean for Navy pilots, "a good landing is one you can swim (or wade) away from"?

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