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getagrip_already

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16. The wording of the official release raises the stink level....

Reply to bringthePaine (Reply #13)

Mon Sep 18, 2023, 04:03 PM

Sep 2023

They used the word "mishap", not "malfunction".

That is semantically closer to mistake than mechanical failure.

Maybe even malfeasance, as in some form of road rage?

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F-35 Jet Is Missing After Pilot Parachutes Free in South Carolina [View all] tonekat Sep 2023 OP

well it sure went somewhere. would have crashed unless controlled somehow. Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #1

Don't they almost always fly in pairs? The whole wingman thing? captain queeg Sep 2023 #2

There went many millions of taxpayer dollars! Glad the pilot is okay, though. Lonestarblue Sep 2023 #3

Even in water, there would be a debris field..... getagrip_already Sep 2023 #4

In 1970, an unmanned USAF fighter jet landed intact in a cornfield. John1956PA Sep 2023 #8

Wow, talk about a lucky landing.... getagrip_already Sep 2023 #11

Thanks for your reply. See my "topography" post just below yours. John1956PA Sep 2023 #14

Of course, the topagraphy makes a difference. The 1970 landing was in Montana. John1956PA Sep 2023 #12

Maybe it went out to sea fargone Sep 2023 #5

Wouldn't they have some tracking unit on it? kimbutgar Sep 2023 #6

Right? How is this possible? LymphocyteLover Sep 2023 #9

Any active avionics would be in pieces after a crash. Angleae Sep 2023 #10

They have commercial transponders on board, but it wasn't working getagrip_already Sep 2023 #15

Damn good stealth fighter. James48 Sep 2023 #7

this doesn't pass the smell test🤨 bringthePaine Sep 2023 #13

The wording of the official release raises the stink level.... getagrip_already Sep 2023 #16

I didnt want to be the first to say it. Why didnt he eject? Why did he leave it on autopilot? oldsoftie Sep 2023 #17

He did eject from it. Angleae Sep 2023 #18

Oh I see. Thank you. An earlier story just mentioned using an "emergency parachute" oldsoftie Sep 2023 #19

At normal flight speeds, leaving the cockpit of a fighter without ejecting is usually lethal. Angleae Sep 2023 #20

What, no "I've fallen and can't get up" alert? - Jet found, local news attached.. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2023 #21

Found it! It would be interesting tonekat Sep 2023 #22

Something catastrophic must have happened Warpy Sep 2023 #23

ANG B-25 Mitchell that crashed in the Mon Deminpenn Sep 2023 #24

They should look in trump's bathroom. C Moon Sep 2023 #25