Jetliner Posted March 20, 2022 Posted March 20, 2022 ATGM fun starts on and continues after the 9 minute mark... I had to leave the ending in because its too soul crushing not to.
Rick50 Posted March 20, 2022 Posted March 20, 2022 "If you can dodge an ATGM, you can dodge a tree!" Or as Trinity might say... "Dodge this!" Good vid! 2
Jetliner Posted March 20, 2022 Author Posted March 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Rick50 said: "If you can dodge an ATGM, you can dodge a tree!" Or as Trinity might say... "Dodge this!" Good vid! Apparently not in my case. So frustrated I ended that way lol
Rick50 Posted March 20, 2022 Posted March 20, 2022 Well at least it wasn't a career ender! Unlike the Apache pilot who hit a tree for real... brought down their bird... https://aviationhumor.net/you-think-we-can-make-it-through-there/
Jetliner Posted March 20, 2022 Author Posted March 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Rick50 said: Well at least it wasn't a career ender! Unlike the Apache pilot who hit a tree for real... brought down their bird... https://aviationhumor.net/you-think-we-can-make-it-through-there/ HA! Oh my gosh I dont feel nearly as silly! I guess this is the cost of an aircraft designed to be on the deck. Thanks for sharing this! 1
Rick50 Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) Yea, even in peacetime training, flying low to the ground, whether in fast jets, army choppers, or even civilian helos landing and taking off in non-airport locations... is really quite risky. Jets in the RAF have a speed limit when on the deck, can't recall the number but I think it was 450 knots, and they would trim the plane such that you had to push the stick forward to stay low. The idea being, that if you pass out, or get forgetful, the plane would naturally want to climb away from that super-missile known as Ground Level! If you search the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force's use of the CF-104 Starfighter in Germany, you'll discover there were MANY crashes due to the hazards of low level flight. One Starfighter pilot was flying very fast. at night, on the deck, and struck the top steeple of a church. He did not survive the crash a few miles away. Civilian helo pilots who operate in remote locations, small camps, forests, and such, usually have sketchy locations for landing, and often just grazing a cable or tree branch is to invite a hard landing or even fatalities. Tail boom hits something, hit a telephone wire, power cables, radio antenna or mast, loose debris... there's a video showing an Mi-8 Hip coming for a landing, but the wash kicks up a very large heavy tarp... which strikes the rotor blades, and the Hip wobbles to a hard landing. Long time ago I heard a story about a light observation helo during a multi national exercise, I don't recall if it was a Kiowa or Cayuse, but he was flying so low that a blade clipped the 50cal of a ground vehicle. Happened so fast, the helo crashed taking both crew to an early end. S! Edited March 31, 2022 by Rick50
Mr_Blastman Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Nice dodging. I wish the AH-64 had more than 60 flares.
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