Col. Roy Knight, KIA, Flown Home By Son, SW Capt. Bryan Knight

[tomokc]

From the story which I tried to link from Twitter:
"Col. Roy A. Knight, Jr., will be coming home to Texas with a Dignified Arrival on August 8, 2019. He will be flown home by his son, Bryan, a Captain with Southwest Airlines, to Dallas Love Field, the same airport where 5-year-old Bryan said goodbye to his father when he left to go to war fifty-two years ago."

 

[arkflyr]

Jackson Proskow: Dallas airport passengers silently salute the return of a fallen hero - National | Globalnews.ca

Col. Roy Knight Jr., who was shot down in combat during the Vietnam war in 1967. On Thursday, Col. Knight's own son Bryan — now an airline pilot — finally brought his father home.

globalnews.ca

 

[Champcar]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

 

[MikeD]

The son, Southwest Airlines Capt Bryan Knight, is also Bandit 437, former F-117 stealth.

22 years ago, on Sept 14, 1997, he successfully bailed out of F-117 81-0793 during a high speed, low level pass at the Baltimore waterfront airshow, when 793 lost its left wing outside the wing midpoint connection and the jet immediately lost control and crashed.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

The son, Southwest Airlines Capt Bryan Knight, is also Bandit 437, former F-117 stealth.

22 years ago, on Sept 14, 1997, he successfully bailed out of F-117 81-0793 during a high speed, low level pass at the Baltimore waterfront airshow, when 793 lost its left wing outside the wing midpoint connection and the jet immediately lost control and crashed.






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I would have just transformed to either Battroid or Gerwalk mode.

 

[deadstick]

The son, Southwest Airlines Capt Bryan Knight, is also Bandit 437, former F-117 stealth.

22 years ago, on Sept 14, 1997, he successfully bailed out of F-117 81-0793 during a high speed, low level pass at the Baltimore waterfront airshow, when 793 lost its left wing outside the wing midpoint connection and the jet immediately lost control and crashed.

Dang. I remember that. I had just moved to DC when that happened. He stayed with it a long time.

 

[ChasenSFO]

The son, Southwest Airlines Capt Bryan Knight, is also Bandit 437, former F-117 stealth.

22 years ago, on Sept 14, 1997, he successfully bailed out of F-117 81-0793 during a high speed, low level pass at the Baltimore waterfront airshow, when 793 lost its left wing outside the wing midpoint connection and the jet immediately lost control and crashed.






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WOW that was him? I remember seeing the footage of that on the local news in 1997 as a kid, probably one of the first times I had seen actual footage of a crash because AOL was just becoming a thing and it was about a 15 minute buffer for 20 seconds of potato video.

 

[MikeD]

WOW that was him? I remember seeing the footage of that on the local news in 1997 as a kid, probably one of the first times I had seen actual footage of a crash because AOL was just becoming a thing and it was about a 15 minute buffer for 20 seconds of potato video.

One and the same, yes. He’s a good dude.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

Interesting, I thought the only F117 that had crashed was the one in Serbia.

 

[guywhoflies]

The son, Southwest Airlines Capt Bryan Knight, is also Bandit 437, former F-117 stealth.

22 years ago, on Sept 14, 1997, he successfully bailed out of F-117 81-0793 during a high speed, low level pass at the Baltimore waterfront airshow, when 793 lost its left wing outside the wing midpoint connection and the jet immediately lost control and crashed.






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I love the reaction of the wordsmith recording the video.

"HOLY S***!"...."HOLY S***!"...."S***!"...."Holy s***."...."Oh my God."

Back on topic, what an amazing story. Welcome home, Colonel Knight. Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Interesting, I thought the only F117 that had crashed was the one in Serbia.

That was the only one shot down (that we know about)

 

[Finny]

Lest We Forget.

 

[MikeD]

Interesting, I thought the only F117 that had crashed was the one in Serbia.

There’s been 5 lost in routine training missions, 1 in testing, and 1 shot down. Of the training accidents there’s the airshow one, one due to a flight control issue on takeoff, and three to spatial disorientation.

 

[mrivc211]

I would have just transformed to either Battroid or Gerwalk mode.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Ha! Don't knock Macross 7!

 

[inigo88]

There’s been 5 lost in routine training missions, 1 in testing, and 1 shot down. Of the training accidents there’s the airshow one, one due to a flight control issue on takeoff, and three to spatial disorientation.

I know 792 was lost due to spatial disorientation/CFIT back in the 80s in the mountains east of Bakersfield. Their middle of the night training flight schedule (posing as A-7Ds) sounded extremely fatiguing.

F-117A: The loss of F-117A #81-792

This page is about the crash of F-117A #81-792 and the death of Maj Ross Mulhare. Part of www.f-117a.com

www.f-117a.com

 

[MikeD]

I know 792 was lost due to spatial disorientation/CFIT back in the 80s in the mountains east of Bakersfield. Their middle of the night training flight schedule (posing as A-7Ds) sounded extremely fatiguing.

F-117A: The loss of F-117A #81-792

This page is about the crash of F-117A #81-792 and the death of Maj Ross Mulhare. Part of www.f-117a.com

www.f-117a.com

It was very fatiguing. The crews would go up to Tonopah Test Range during the week and fly nights. Then Friday through Sunday, they’d be back down at Nellis on a daytime family schedule. Chronic fatigue couldn’t be avoided.