Bad day at Kandahar. Harrier jet hard landing and ejection.

[trof]

http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/06/03/helpful-hint/

[rrneck]

1. Looks like

he came in too hot. You can hear the engines spool up just before the crash.

[Haole Girl]

9. No, those aircraft land like that.... if you look closely you'll see

One of the main landing gears didn't deploy.

And, the reason the pilot stayed with the aircraft that long is probably to control it... so it wouldn't veer off and kill anyone.

[trof]

10. He was a passenger at that point.

He had no control after it hit.
He was damned lucky to get out alive.

[Haole Girl]

15. That was the opinion of my triple-degreed Aero Engineer husband...

of course, he hasn't actually flown in one. :hi:

[petronius]

16. Looking at other pictures, I think all the gear are down - Harriers only have

one big set in the back, funny looking as it may be. It seems like the tail hit before the wheels in this case.

Pretty cool that ejection seats can launch you high enough for a chute to open on the way down (sorta surprised that hasn't become an amusement park ride yet...)

[Haole Girl]

17. Yep, you are right... he took another look. nt

[rocktivity]

2. It looks to me that the nose lifted just before the crash, too n/t

rocktivity

[trof]

12. He was trying his ass off to 'save' it.

You can hear the engines spool up.
Just a l-e-e-t-l-e late.

[Call Me Wesley]

3. 'Harrier,' just another word for epic fail.

This jet is doomed. Can't believe it's still in service.

[trof]

4. AKA 'The Widowmaker'.

[TheMightyFavog]

24. I thought the F-104 was the Widowmaker (Witwenmacher).

Germans also used to call it Erdnagel (tent peg)



And then there was the F-105. They called it "Thud" for a very good reason. The USAF Thunderbirds learned that lesson the hard way.

[Ptah]

5. That's going on his permanent record.

[trof]

13. Roger that.

[Ptah]

14. Does that qualify as a stall?

[trof]

19. Looks more like late/too low flare.

[Skittles]

6. but.....did he land in the right place, trof?

:rofl:

[trof]

11. Of course!

Right on the assigned runway.
Just a little too fast sink rate.
Ka-BOOM!

[Robb]

7. Wow.

Good day, in the strictest sense, eh? :hi:

[XemaSab]

8. splat

n/t

[MilesColtrane]

18. Bovril: Morning, squadron leader.

Squadron Leader: What-ho, Squiffy.

Bovril: >How was it?

Squadron Leader: Top hole. Bally Haji pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.

Bovril: Er, I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, squadron leader.

Squadron Leader: It's perfectly ordinary banter, Squiffy. Bally Haji ... pranged his kite right in the how's yer father ... hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.

Bovril: No, I'm just not understanding banter at all well today. Give us it slower.

Squadron Leader: Banter's not the same if you say it slower, Squiffy.

Bovril: Hold on, then. (shouts) Wingco!

Wingco: Yes!

Bovril: Bend an ear to the squadron leader's banter for a sec, would you?

Wingco: Can do.

Bovril: Jolly good.

Wingco: Fire away.

Squadron Leader: (draws a deep breath and looks slightly uncertain, then starts even more deliberately then before) Bally Haji ... pranged his kite ... right in the how's your father ... hairy blighter ... dicky-birdied ... ... feathered back on his Sammy ... took a waspy ... flipped over on his Betty Harper's ... and caught his can in the Bertie.

Wingco: ... No, don't understand that banter at all.

Squadron Leader: Something up with my banter, chaps?

A siren goes. The door bursts open and an out-of-breath young pilot rushes in in his flying gear.

Pilot: Bunch of monkeys on your ceiling, sir! Grab your egg and fours and let's get the bacon delivered.

General incomprehension. They look at each other

Wingco: Do you understand that?

Squadron Leader: No, didn't get a word of it.

Wingco: Sorry old man, we don't understand your banter.

Pilot: You know ... bally ten-penny ones dropping in the custard ... (searching for the words) um ... Charlie Choppers chucking a handful ...

Wingco: No, no ... sorry.

Bovril: Say it a bit slower, old chap.

Pilot: Slower banter, sir?

Wingco: Ra-ther!

Pilot: Um ... sausage squad up the blue end!

Squadron Leader: No, still don't get it.

[Bucky]

21. "sausage squad up the blue end" might have a different meaning today

[Bucky]

20. Well, they say any landing you can walk away from...

Not that he actually walked away

[Blue_Tires]

22. that's coming out of his paycheck...

although i am impressed the underside stayed intact long enough for the pilot to survive...that was a very hard landing

[av8rdave]

23. He must have had a he!! of a sink going at the end....

swapping ends rarely works out.