Testament to ruggedness of the Hornet

[MurderOne]

This was my squadron, many of you are surely aware of this incident; some of you may not be. It's a short read, but worth checking out.

 

https://theaviationist.com/2015/11/16/how-two-fa-18s-brought-their-pilots-home-after-colliding-mid-air-during-air-combat-training/

[razo+r]

Maybe we should keep this article in mind for future "references" ;)

[Banzaiib]

This was my squadron, many of you are surely aware of this incident; some of you may not be. It's a short read, but worth checking out.

 

https://theaviationist.com/2015/11/16/how-two-fa-18s-brought-their-pilots-home-after-colliding-mid-air-during-air-combat-training/

 

Great article. Thank you!

[akulele]

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=71991

 

Same happened in Finland. One's vertical stabilizer clipped the canopy of the other, both planes landed safely. Not as much damage, but still.

[Boogieman]

A picture says a thousand words...

 

 

 

:eek:

[AKarhu]

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=71991

 

Same happened in Finland. One's vertical stabilizer clipped the canopy of the other, both planes landed safely. Not as much damage, but still.

 

The one behind the link is actually a different case, which resulted in loss of another aircraft after pilot ejected.

 

About the case you're after...I'm not sure if one can call it lucky to hit another airplane mid-air, but other than that, that was as lucky escape as they come. Another airplane turned towards the other, but lost the sight of it. He then rolled inverted, in an idea to pull under the other airplane he didn't see, IIRC. The vertical stabilizer of the airplane pulling into an inverted dive hit the canopy of the upright airplane. Both airplanes remained flyable and repairable, and pilots uninjured.

 

It won't come any closer than that.

[StandingCow]

Holy crap...

[Gierasimov]

Hi. Was it ever discussed if DCS Hornet comes with any good damage model?