schloopy
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Anyone in the area know anything about this? Seems like a 2 ship of local F35Bs, one apparently punched out due to some sort of “automation” and no wreckage has been discovered…
I'm mildly interested in why the "missing wreckage" part is being so publicized. The same could be said for many aviation mishaps, military included. It is kind of an unusual narrative to be focusing on. I doubt the team is far from the wreckage as we speak.
I talked to a friend who is part of the SAR team there. They had been asked to help and the info he had was that the military had nothing more than a trail of radar pings heading in a constant direction after the pilot ejected, but had no idea if the plane had gone down (there were no signs of it near the end of the radar trail) or had kept flying.
We don't carry location trackers on our aircraft, other than a seat activated beacon (that lives in the seat). Successful ejection narrows down the search volume tremendously. I'd put 100% of my lifetime earnings on a bet that they will find it in the next few days, with or
Don’t all the F-18’s have DFIRS?
Impact or ejection.Don’t those seperate from the aircraft though when it detects the start of an accident? Something like an ejection?
Not sure about the F-35 but Navy and Marine F-18’s have an ELT pack that is ejected upon ejection or impact.Do mil aircraft have ELT’s? I’d assume no?
Fair enough, but sounds like plenty of other aviation mishaps. We don't carry location trackers on our aircraft, other than a seat activated beacon (that lives in the seat). Successful ejection narrows down the search volume tremendously. I'd put 100% of my lifetime earnings on a bet that they will find it in the next few days, with or without this strange plea to the public. Which makes me confused?
Army aircraft have them.Do mil aircraft have ELT’s? I’d assume no?
That makes sense. Based on my experience army aircraft need all the help they can get.Army aircraft have them.
That makes sense. Based on my experience army aircraft need all the help they can get.