Growler Flies Again

[Lawman]

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).

I remember this happened when I was a kid.

How two F/A-18s brought their pilots home after colliding mid-air during air combat training

The risky business of being an adversary pilot. Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) is one of the most important parts in the training of modern fighter

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“Hey look guys! I managed to make transonic acceleration even worse!”


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[CFI A&P]

I remember this happened when I was a kid.

How two F/A-18s brought their pilots home after colliding mid-air during air combat training

The risky business of being an adversary pilot. Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) is one of the most important parts in the training of modern fighter

www.google.com

“Hey look guys! I managed to make transonic acceleration even worse!”


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Is it weird that my first thought looking at that image was "Damn, is that a Gill battery up there?" I know the battery is located elsewhere, but that's the signature color and shape of a Gill battery.

 

[Lawman]

Is it weird that my first thought looking at that image was "Damn, is that a Gill battery up there?" I know the battery is located elsewhere, but that's the signature color and shape of a Gill battery.

JO tour pilot trying to explain to the boss what he did to his jet….

“It’s the ultimate one circle dog fighter now! We took all that dead weight off the front gaining a ton of nose pointing authority for the ultimate WVR machine!”


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[Pilot Fighter]

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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For years, nothing else around to wreck other than Hornets. Prowlers were G-limited and E-2/C-2 guys weren’t looking for a dogfight.

 

[///AMG]

Is it weird that my first thought looking at that image was "Damn, is that a Gill battery up there?" I know the battery is located elsewhere, but that's the signature color and shape of a Gill battery.

The last time I flew or preflighted a Hornet was early 2017, but IIRC the batteries actually did look a lot like that......somewhere behind one of the access panels (visible) on the right side of the jet, if my memory isn't failing me (or hey, maybe it was on the left? ).