How do you piss off the British Air Force?

[Peacemaker]

This guy has GOT to be embarrased.

FYI Thats an AV-8 Harrier II show boating over a beach. The Pilot holds the hover too long, and there isnt enough air around him to support the aircraft.

[Geist]

He's gonna get a pretty big bill in the mail.

[Hamma]

Doh!

[TheRegurgitator]

Originally Posted by Hamma

Doh!

Hmm, reminds me of someone's unfortunate experience with a galaxy dropship...

[Heavygain]

ROFL Wow, I was embarrassed crashing my cobra into my old clans' (not CDL) fully loaded APC in BF2, but that takes the fucking cake.

[Baneblade]

lol

[AztecWarrior]

GG. Someone's going to be flying trucks for a while.

[Biohazzard56]

Originally Posted by AztecWarrior

GG. Someone's going to be flying trucks for a while.

Im sure alot of that plane was salvageable, it didnt blow up or anything.

my dad told me stories about how pilots needed flight hours so they could check out their planes and fly to a local national guard airstrip and basically take their planes home.

[Peacemaker]

Originally Posted by Biohazzard56

Im sure alot of that plane was salvageable, it didnt blow up or anything.

my dad told me stories about how pilots needed flight hours so they could check out their planes and fly to a local national guard airstrip and basically take their planes home.

That plane is damn as hell NOT salvagable. My Instrument flight instructor from a few years ago told me two stories. The first being that he had a mechanical failure in his F-4 Phantom. The striken plane was unable to manuver on its vertical axis (i.e. pitch up or down) and the engine was failing. He attempted to land the plane at a near by base (this is during Vietnam btw) but fell short of the runway by about 2 miles. He ditched in harbor. The plane didnt get too fucked up on the ditch so they recovered it. Too bad it was unable to be repaired. All the little switches, servos, and gizmos in most modern combat aircraft are made from aluninum which will rust in about 2 hours in salt water All those switches were 3 times their size. Almost all the pieces INSIDE the craft were the same. I doubt that harrier would have survived.

The second story relates to what your dad said. My instructor had christmas off. He flew his A-1 skyraider to an airport near his home base and parked it on the tarmac. Another pilot also landed his F4 Phantom there. When they came back 1 week later the F4 phantoms wheels had sunk into the pavment a full foot. This is because the F4 phatom, while weighing less than the skyraider has a very heavy foot print (think snow shoes vs sneakers in deep soft snow) Just thought this was funny.

[Squeeky]

The harrier is fucking

If you guys remember my Airshow Thread from awhile back, I had some sweet pics. The pilot was in a hover for a good 30 seconds, and then he pitched the nose up, and gave it full thrust and slowly ascended into the sky. I had a chubby by the time he was done.

[Electrofreak]

VTOL aircraft in general are pretty cool.

[Lartnev]

The Harrier's party piece is to hover about a bit, then bow at the crowd before flying away. Very impressive stuff considering what you see in that video. The Harrier is VERY diffficult to fly when hovering (although the skids on the undercarriage have helped somewhat).

I'm sure that pilot saved on the decomissioning fees

[Hamma]

Salt water will bitchslap equipment like that - that thing is hosed.

[Geist]

So like I told you,he's going to get a big bill in the mail.