Blue Angels Plane Crash

2007-04-21 15:23:56

#51

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

InfectiousShadow wrote:
Miller wrote:
CoronadoSEAL wrote:
wasn't there a women pilot in the group for the first time? it might cause a tiff if she was involved in an error which caused the crash.
I believe its the Thunderbirds which have the female pilot, not the angels. Correct me if mistaken.
Actually I believe it was the Angels, Its possible that both groups have female pilots.

This year there are no female pilots in the BA.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-04-21 15:30:16

#52

InfectiousShadow: BF2S Resident Bass Player; +45|6652|Washington State, USA

Oh well I guess I am wrong. Thanks for clearing that up.

2007-04-21 15:30:43

#53

Miller: IT'S MILLER TIME!; +271|6976|United States of America

Kmarion wrote:
InfectiousShadow wrote:
Miller wrote:
I believe its the Thunderbirds which have the female pilot, not the angels. Correct me if mistaken.
Actually I believe it was the Angels, Its possible that both groups have female pilots.
This year there are no female pilots in the BA.

Do you still have the pamphlets from the show?

2007-04-21 15:32:29

#54

nonexistentusmc: Member; +26|6665|Queens, NYC

The Blue Angels does not have a female pilot but does have a female officer on the team, along with female enlisted crew members. The Tbirds have 2 female pilots, #3 and #6.

2007-04-21 15:33:59

#55

CoronadoSEAL: pics or it didn't happen; +207|6738|USA

females in BA: just a thought, guys. lets concern ourselves with bigger issues such as feelings towards the crash, personal experiences with BA/Thunderbirsfuture of BA and other airshows, pros/cons to high performance jet shows, etc...

2007-04-21 15:37:49

#56

Miller: IT'S MILLER TIME!; +271|6976|United States of America

I know there was one time the Thunderbirds lost four of their pilots in one crash... I could only imagine what it was like then... Luckily I was either too young to understand or not even born yet...

2007-04-21 15:39:11

#57

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

I didn't get a program Miller..10 bucks for it, I said uhh no thanks.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-04-21 15:40:11

#58

ghostgr: 177th Field Artillery; +39|6961|In your head

k30dxedle wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
k30dxedle wrote:
Good God, what is up lately? April seems to be Death, Destruction, and Tragedy Month this year.

My birth month . I'm not getting out of bed until May.
Same here. Mine was the 10th.

SAme here 18 on the 10th. But I am having a good month so I don't really care. I mean yes he was a fellow soldier and sorry to hear this and my thoughts are with him and his family. But hey I met the girl of my dreams and we hooked up so this is a perfect month, for me anyways.

2007-04-21 15:41:15

#59

Miller: IT'S MILLER TIME!; +271|6976|United States of America

Kmarion wrote:
I didn't get a program Miller..10 bucks for it, I said uhh no thanks.

It was free out here... lol. I'll have to find it...

2007-04-21 15:48:00

#60

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

Miller wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
I didn't get a program Miller..10 bucks for it, I said uhh no thanks.
It was free out here... lol. I'll have to find it...

We had over 750,000 people over the two days. Too much money to be made I guess..

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-04-21 15:58:50

#61

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6749|Global Command

My condolences to the family.

2007-04-21 16:05:12

#62

Miller: IT'S MILLER TIME!; +271|6976|United States of America

After watching the news some more, I listened to a conversation over the phone with a witness. Apparently, the pilot had altitude and then dropped as if there were a loss of power or control. That sucks.

2007-04-21 17:30:55

#63

-=raska=-: Canada's French Frog; +123|6846|Quebec city, Canada

I just learnt the news browsing my news site while having a second tab opened at the other Blue Angels topic and I told myself : Damn, what a coincidence...

That sucks, these guys risk their life to entertain people on the ground...

2007-04-21 18:11:56

#64

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6695|Foothills of S. Carolina

A buddy of mine was down there, he said the plane crashed into base housing.

2007-04-21 18:15:29

#65

lowing: Banned; +1,662|6871|USA

Ok I am braced, hit me with how airshows or precision flight teams should now be outlawed to prevent this from happening again.

2007-04-21 18:18:01

#66

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6695|Foothills of S. Carolina

My buddy tells me that only the pilot died. A few other people were treated and released. I will update as I can.

Update: Word on the base is the pilot clipped a pine tree and was to low to recover.

Last edited by Canin (2007-04-21 18:25:44)

2007-04-21 18:24:33

#67

LT.Victim: Member; +1,175|6783|British Columbia, Canada

lowing wrote:
Ok I am braced, hit me with how airshows or precision flight teams should now be outlawed to prevent this from happening again.

No.

Thats like saying commercial Airlines should be outlawed from flying to prevent any of them from crashing..

Everything has a certain amount of danger to it.. some things more then others.

2007-04-21 19:13:16

#68

lowing: Banned; +1,662|6871|USA

LT.Victim wrote:
lowing wrote:
Ok I am braced, hit me with how airshows or precision flight teams should now be outlawed to prevent this from happening again.
No.

Thats like saying commercial Airlines should be outlawed from flying to prevent any of them from crashing..

Everything has a certain amount of danger to it.. some things more then others.

Or guns shouldn't be outlawed because of some crazy fucker in Virgina??? See my point??

2007-04-21 19:18:09

#69

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6992|PNW

Flying a jet is like riding a very aerodynamic bomb.

2007-04-21 23:03:45

#70

<BoTM>J_Aero: Qualified Expert; +62|6685|Melbourne - Home of Football

For those thinking internationally

USA = Blue Angels, flying F/A-18 Hornets

UK = Red Arrows, flying British Aerospace Hawks

Australia = Roulettes, flying PC-9s

And we could go on, the biggest difference is the aircraft they fly, but all represent the prestige aerobatic display teams of their nations.

2007-04-22 02:17:43

#71

nonexistentusmc: Member; +26|6665|Queens, NYC

Outlawing things just makes more a rebel of people. Its just human nature to break the rules. We all love the thrill of defying something. I feel bad for the pilot, but something must have really gone wrong. Airshows are rehearsed days prior the actual show to plot the show center, waypoints for the turns so they can all be done in an orderly fashion. You can't just hit a 100 foot pine tree out of nowhere. It's tough because everyone except for #1, 5 and 6 fly paint so they can't really see whats ahead of them. And that's why that Tbird incident with all the 4 pilots happened because no one could react other than #1. I guess I should stop driving paint before I get into my own accident.

2007-04-22 03:39:39

#72

lowing: Banned; +1,662|6871|USA

Bull3t wrote:
He was indeed brave, But I think he wanted to go down with his jet.

After flying for so many years I could understand.

When you clip a tree, you ain't got much of a choice. I am quite certain, given a choice, he probably woulda LOVED to been able to eject.

2007-04-22 07:20:48

#73

InfectiousShadow: BF2S Resident Bass Player; +45|6652|Washington State, USA

lowing wrote:
Bull3t wrote:
He was indeed brave, But I think he wanted to go down with his jet.

After flying for so many years I could understand.
When you clip a tree, you ain't got much of a choice. I am quite certain, given a choice, he probably woulda LOVED to been able to eject.

I would think a lot of people would have liked to eject...

2007-04-22 09:02:07

#74

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6720|so randum

A bit off topic, last time i saw jet's up close was about...2 weeks ago, doing a quick bit of work experience at RAF cottesmore, a Harrier Squadron. Was directing planes out on the apron, so got pretty close. Two pilots had a drag race down the strip, that was pretty sweet.

Back on topic, my heart goes out to not only the familys/relatives, but also the members of their Squadron. from my experience on bases, any military group is extremly tight knit, so this would be devastating to all concerned.

Rest in peace

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2007-04-22 09:11:37

#75

The_Mac: Member; +96|6445

"April is the cruelest month"
I heard that somewhere, and its no exaggeration.

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