E/A18 crash at airshow Mountain Home AFB

[derg]

Airplanes crash, the thread immediately pivots to political nonsense. And this is why this site ain't what it used to be.

Oh sugar…. Should I share with you the numerous times when, out of nowhere, you dropped a politically-driven invective in a pure aviation post?

But yes, that’s what it feels like when you do that. So please let this be a lesson to you.

 

[DropTank]

Oh sugar…. Should I share with you the numerous times when, out of nowhere, you dropped a politically-driven invective in a pure aviation post?

But yes, that’s what it feels like when you do that. So please let this be a lesson to you.

He doesn't learn lessons.

 

[Mr Grinch]

Watching the longer whole video, it appears dash-2 got high and lost sight of lead under the nose, impacting the lead jet while fishing around to find them. With two sets of eyes in each jet, kind of difficult to understand how, unless there was some kind of important distraction, which I can’t see what there would be. If there was something important enough that needed attention, then break out of formation to do so. Be curious how the lost sight happened.

I thought so at first, but from another angle, it appears that the lead was on the right and above, and the wingman pulled up and into him/her from beneath. The bottom jet was maneuvering, the upper seemed to behave like a flight lead would. That dovetails from the show display the day before also.

 

[Wardogg]

Too soon?