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2 F-16C Falcon jets collide/crash in Va. during training
Officials are trying to figure out how two F-16C Falcon aircraft collided on Thursday night off the coast of Chincoteague, Va. The F-16C jets were assigned to the 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard and were part of a routine training mission off the coast of Chincoteague, Va. late Thursday night when they crashed, say officials. (www.wusa9.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Two for two on survival...thankful.
Good to hear no deaths.
Former 113th flight surgeon in the F-105 days.
Former 113th flight surgeon in the F-105 days.
We have learned nothing about mid-airs since the first one.
It's interesting to me that the hoist procedure requires a crew member to steady the cable... Sometimes there's just no substitute for the human element.
With the wash from the rotor there is a lot of torsion on the load...horse collar, basket, stretcher, harness, net or cage. There is also a lot of sideways action and the human element is needed to keep the load from banging on the side of the aircraft injuring load and/or the aircraft and stopping any spin at the door level then pulling the load in the open door. The old basket stretchers were very subject to spin without a stabilizing rope.
When hoisting from solid surface and with an individual on ground, the motion can be controlled with a trailing line, not a practical solution in water pick ups. The pilot's role is to remain steady as long as the load remains below the hoist or to move away to keep it from under the aircraft by sliding up wind...team work by the entire crew. As someone who spent many trips up and down a SeaKing hoist, I quickly learned that my final job was to take the entire crew to the mess to "splice the mainbrace".
When hoisting from solid surface and with an individual on ground, the motion can be controlled with a trailing line, not a practical solution in water pick ups. The pilot's role is to remain steady as long as the load remains below the hoist or to move away to keep it from under the aircraft by sliding up wind...team work by the entire crew. As someone who spent many trips up and down a SeaKing hoist, I quickly learned that my final job was to take the entire crew to the mess to "splice the mainbrace".
Be careful when you splice the main brace, you might need to mend and make clothes.
(I bet most aviators have no idea what we are talking about.)
(I bet most aviators have no idea what we are talking about.)
You are so right with the exception of those aviators who served on ships. When I was the doctor on HMCS Preserver I had the dubious honor of being the officer supervising the last issue of morning grog at which point the ships was permitted to store only enough of the 154 proof rum should the occasion arrive to "splice the mainbrace" on two or three occasions, usually in conjunction with visits by royalty or some type of heroic effort by the entire ship's company.
"Make and mend" came to represent time off from work except for watch keepers, but the original lore going back to the Royal Navy was as you suggest time to repair or clean one's kit. We cannot imagine the hardship of doing so with limited resources of water, soap or anything that removed stains on ships with no electricity.
"Make and mend" came to represent time off from work except for watch keepers, but the original lore going back to the Royal Navy was as you suggest time to repair or clean one's kit. We cannot imagine the hardship of doing so with limited resources of water, soap or anything that removed stains on ships with no electricity.
Thanks for your comments Mr Donaldson, and your Time sir.
I at least hope they understand the sun being over the yardarm.