Growler Flies Again
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///AMG
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Pretty wild. Didn't even realize they had it right across the ramp, I figured it had been struck long ago. Those dudes got incredibly lucky, like purely fate being on their side. Super hornet put it's wingtip through the nose area of the Growler (airborne). There's like the tiniest window of relative attitudes and flight path vectors that allows that to happen without a giant fireball. Instead, both jets landed safely back in Fallon 
Pilot Fighter
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Who allowed this to happen? I don’t think there’s any provenance related to the paint scheme.
Pilot Fighter
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Yep.
///AMG
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Good question, I'll ask the guy who approved it
As a useless sidebar, the parking spot that us reservists have reserved, is immediately to the (from picture perspective) right of that blue truck on the right side. There is a non-zero chance my car is just outside the field of view of this pic.
Good question, I'll ask the guy who approved it
As a useless sidebar, the parking spot that us reservists have reserved, is immediately to the (from picture perspective) right of that blue truck on the right side. There is a non-zero chance my car is just outside the field of view of this pic.
Were you flying growlers at Whidbey? So did my neighbors son. It "might" be a small world.
///AMG
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Only since I've been in the reserves, but yeah might well be. Probably depends on how long ago.
Pilot Fighter
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VR-1355 or bust.
Pilot Fighter
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Good question, I'll ask the guy who approved it
As a useless sidebar, the parking spot that us reservists have reserved, is immediately to the (from picture perspective) right of that blue truck on the right side. There is a non-zero chance my car is just outside the field of view of this pic.
Pretty horrendous paint scheme, if my opinion matters.
///AMG
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Yeah, I have seen some better ones, maybe there is a heritage to the obnoxious red that I am not familiar with?
Pilot Fighter
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It’s you, it’s a Growler. The Navy has zoomy planes too.
ahw01
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My bad Professor Duxford
Pilot Fighter
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Navy thought this was going to be a write-off but worked with Boeing to come up with a plan to rebuild/repair. I think it was bailed to Boeing pretty quickly, probably to prevent it from being canned.
///AMG
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Yeah I think it was a pretty bad accident (for the airplanes involved), in spite of the fact that everyone lived and both jets landed.
Lawman
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What’s weird is that’s not the first time it’s happened to Hornets.
It’s almost like if you’re gonna have a midair…. That’s the plane to be in when it happens.
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///AMG
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hah very true. The Marines had a few in the last few years that managed to land. The last Navy one I know of, aside from the typical Blue angels minor ones, resulted in loss of both airplanes and 4x ejections, but they all were basically unharmed (though that one was also very lucky).
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