Missing/crashed planes, and other aviation misadventures

Plane hit a car, killing a 5 yo child and injuring 3.

Fark

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Bird strike took out the engine of the Aermacchi.

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Fark indeed.

That’s a heavy cross to bear for the pilot

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It looks like pilot of a stealth F-35 jet ejected in the US today and the plane kept on flying. Now the base is asking the general public for assistance to find where it landed.


I find this rather funny. They literally lost their stealth plane.

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I wonder what the circumstances were that led to the pilot ejecting and the plane then pootling along it’s merry way so far that they now can’t find it?

Presumably as a military plane they can turn off its transponder (no, I don’t know if that is the right word)… would have been handy to flip it back on before bailing.

EDIT: “His wingman landed safely at Joint Base Charleston in another aircraft.” — couldn’t be bothered following?

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I like the $5.50 shipping.

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Well it flies itself you see. So long as you have a landing strip. But then if you didn’t, you wouldn’t buy it.

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Flies itself, but to turn it on costs a fair bit more than $5.50!

Ah, money well spent. I’m sure the pentagon will just ask the American taxpayer for more, and everyone will bend over and give it to them.

Today’s it will buff out.

F-35 crash witness statement absolute comedy gold.

https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/1704320791876108584?s=46&t=A5S-z5IJslFoC5SVN0Jodg

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911 call of the F-35 pilot. Safe to say that the default questions the call taker is required to ask made her look a tad stupid.

https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/1705241281704648958?s=20

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