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Author | Time | Post |
 F-35 Jet Is Missing After Pilot Parachutes Free in South Carolina (Original post) |
tonekat | Sep 18 | OP |
| Evolve Dammit | Sep 18 | #1 | |
| captain queeg | Sep 18 | #2 | |
| Lonestarblue | Sep 18 | #3 | |
| getagrip_already | Sep 18 | #4 | |
| John1956PA | Sep 18 | #8 | |
| getagrip_already | Sep 18 | #11 | |
| John1956PA | Sep 18 | #14 | |
| John1956PA | Sep 18 | #12 | |
| fargone | Sep 18 | #5 | |
| kimbutgar | Sep 18 | #6 | |
| LymphocyteLover | Sep 18 | #9 | |
| Angleae | Sep 18 | #10 | |
| getagrip_already | Sep 18 | #15 | |
| James48 | Sep 18 | #7 | |
| bringthePaine | Sep 18 | #13 | |
| getagrip_already | Sep 18 | #16 | |
| oldsoftie | Sep 18 | #17 | |
| Angleae | Sep 18 | #18 | |
| oldsoftie | Sep 18 | #19 | |
| Angleae | Sep 18 | #20 | |
| KY_EnviroGuy | Sep 18 | #21 | |
| tonekat | Sep 18 | #22 | |
| Warpy | Sep 18 | #23 | |
| Deminpenn | Sep 19 | #24 | |
| C Moon | Sep 19 | #25 |
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 03:29 PM
Evolve Dammit (15,563 posts)
1. well it sure went somewhere. would have crashed unless controlled somehow.
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 03:29 PM
captain queeg (9,524 posts)
2. Don't they almost always fly in pairs? The whole wingman thing?
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 03:39 PM
Lonestarblue (8,554 posts)
3. There went many millions of taxpayer dollars! Glad the pilot is okay, though.
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 03:41 PM
getagrip_already (11,807 posts)
4. Even in water, there would be a debris field.....
Response to getagrip_already (Reply #4)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:17 PM
8. In 1970, an unmanned USAF fighter jet landed intact in a cornfield.
Response to John1956PA (Reply #8)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:57 PM
getagrip_already (11,807 posts)
11. Wow, talk about a lucky landing....
Response to getagrip_already (Reply #11)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:59 PM
14. Thanks for your reply. See my "topography" post just below yours.
Response to John1956PA (Reply #8)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:57 PM
12. Of course, the topagraphy makes a difference. The 1970 landing was in Montana.
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:02 PM
kimbutgar (19,649 posts)
6. Wouldn't they have some tracking unit on it?
Response to kimbutgar (Reply #6)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:31 PM
LymphocyteLover (4,894 posts)
9. Right? How is this possible?
Response to kimbutgar (Reply #6)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:35 PM
10. Any active avionics would be in pieces after a crash.
Response to kimbutgar (Reply #6)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 05:00 PM
getagrip_already (11,807 posts)
15. They have commercial transponders on board, but it wasn't working
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:05 PM
James48 (4,331 posts)
7. Damn good stealth fighter.
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:59 PM
13. this doesn't pass the smell test🤨
Response to bringthePaine (Reply #13)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 05:03 PM
getagrip_already (11,807 posts)
16. The wording of the official release raises the stink level....
Response to bringthePaine (Reply #13)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 05:22 PM
17. I didnt want to be the first to say it. Why didnt he eject? Why did he leave it on autopilot?
Response to Angleae (Reply #18)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 06:29 PM
19. Oh I see. Thank you. An earlier story just mentioned using an "emergency parachute"
Response to oldsoftie (Reply #19)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 06:34 PM
20. At normal flight speeds, leaving the cockpit of a fighter without ejecting is usually lethal.
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 10:06 PM
KY_EnviroGuy (14,421 posts)
21. What, no "I've fallen and can't get up" alert? - Jet found, local news attached..
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Missing no more: Marine fighter jet found in rural SC
The Post and Courier Charleston, S.C. By Glenn Smith, Tyler Fedor, Thad Moore, John Ramsey and Ali Rockett Sep 18, 2023 Updated 5 hrs ago (snips) The hunt for a missing Marine Corps fighter jet ended with wreckage found in a rural expanse of farmland and swamp on Sept. 18 after a massive search across South Carolina for the elusive $90 million plane.
-- Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Walter Shutler told The Post and Courier just after 6 p.m. that authorities had located the wreckage. “It will take days to get this thing dug up,” Shutler, the incident commander, said. The unmanned plane was found more than 63 miles from the North Charleston backyard where the pilot landed more than 24 hours earlier. Flying in autopilot mode with a faulty transponder, the jet then blasted off into the unknown with little indication as to when its fuel would run out or where the expensive piece of military hardware would come down.
--- A second aircraft on the mission returned to Joint Base Charleston without incident. Charleston International Airport, which shares runways with Joint Base Charleston, was notified by the military of the mishap, but no flights were impacted, spokesman Spencer It reads like they'll be digging this thing out of a swamp. KY........  |
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 11:28 PM
tonekat (1,707 posts)
22. Found it! It would be interesting
Response to tonekat (Reply #22)
Mon Sep 18, 2023, 11:44 PM
Warpy (109,052 posts)
23. Something catastrophic must have happened
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 03:25 PM
24. ANG B-25 Mitchell that crashed in the Mon
Response to tonekat (Original post)
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 03:34 PM
C Moon (11,940 posts)
25. They should look in trump's bathroom.
