DieHard Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 (not sure what sub-forum to place this, so please, moderator, do your magic) A buddy passed this on to me recently. I did a search and here is a Snopes investigation report: http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/f15crash.asp Good thing ejection seats are self-contained systems. I worked on creating parts for one of the fighters in the 1980's. We never did complete assemblies, just pieces of them. Maybe to spread the wealth around giving other shops work and/or less likely problems with "spies" and espionage. We sub-contracted to Bendix, that subcontracted to the Air Force. It is hard for me to believe, if a sub-contractor was doing work for Bendix, off-spec parts missed their very stringent QT company man. Just 3 parts on a production run out of spec could lose a job account and any future Air Force contracts. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Biggles07 Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) (not sure what sub-forum to place this, so please, moderator, do your magic) A buddy passed this on to me recently. I did a search and here is a Snopes investigation report: http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/f15crash.asp Good thing ejection seats are self-contained systems. I worked on creating parts for one of the fighters in the 1980's. We never did complete assemblies, just pieces of them. Maybe to spread the wealth around giving other shops work and/or less likely problems with "spies" and espionage. We sub-contracted to Bendix, that subcontracted to the Air Force. It is hard for me to believe, if a sub-contractor was doing work for Bendix, off-spec parts missed their very stringent QT company man. Just 3 parts on a production run out of spec could lose a job account and any future Air Force contracts. Bloody hell.....file under 'grave cause for concern' if it were true. Glad the chap is ok, could have been worse lol. :doh: ;D Edited June 5, 2013 by Biggles07 ♫ ' Papa was a hairy mole.....Wherever he dug a den was his home ' ♫
Mt5_Roie Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 Somewhere there is a crew chief picking a screw off the hangar floor going, "I wonder what this belongs to." Coder - Oculus Rift Guy - Court Jester
GGTharos Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 That's some pretty old news. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Mt5_Roie Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 Plus the F-15 is pretty rugged: Coder - Oculus Rift Guy - Court Jester
strikeeagle Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 (not sure what sub-forum to place this, so please, moderator, do your magic) A buddy passed this on to me recently. I did a search and here is a Snopes investigation report: http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/f15crash.asp Good thing ejection seats are self-contained systems. I worked on creating parts for one of the fighters in the 1980's. We never did complete assemblies, just pieces of them. Maybe to spread the wealth around giving other shops work and/or less likely problems with "spies" and espionage. We sub-contracted to Bendix, that subcontracted to the Air Force. It is hard for me to believe, if a sub-contractor was doing work for Bendix, off-spec parts missed their very stringent QT company man. Just 3 parts on a production run out of spec could lose a job account and any future Air Force contracts. Somewhere there is a crew chief picking a screw off the hangar floor going, "I wonder what this belongs to." This accident was due to a manufacturers defect within the main longeron. I think about 12 other jets were found to have that same defect through NDI. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Chris
mvsgas Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) That's some pretty old news. 6 Year old news, F-15 even got grounded for a while wile all maintenance units scramble to check all affected longerons http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123074547 Here is the actual report summery http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2008/F-15C_LambertField_02Nov07.pdf Edited June 5, 2013 by mvsgas To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
DieHard Posted June 7, 2013 Author Posted June 7, 2013 (edited) Plus the F-15 is pretty rugged: I have seen this video before, a few years ago, back when The History Channel still had good programing to offer. I have seen some crazy Radio Control experimental concepts that flat out should not fly, but put a big enough motor on it, and fly it fast, they flew. Edited June 7, 2013 by DieHard [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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