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#3552022 - 04/06/12 05:49 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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edit: navy confirmed fuel was being dumped, but did not confirm if they were dumping it on purpose or if it was a result of damage to the engine.
Local News interviewed me over the phone and said they agree with me that sounds like it was a catastrophic bird strike on take off.
Damn Canadian Geese.
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#3552027 - 04/06/12 05:56 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Thankfully the pilots made it out. Hopefully nobody was seriously hurt in all the destruction on the ground.
And apparently the news and eye witnesses DO sometimes get something right!
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#3552029 - 04/06/12 05:59 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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Student Pilot up front, instructor in the back.
Pilot was in Shock when they found him (Duh, he just crashed his 57 Million Dollar plane into a Apartment complex, and watched it happen from about 70 feet overhead. wouldnt you be in shock??).
the local news was reporting other crap. I had to convince them of the possibility of a Bird strike.
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#3552032 - 04/06/12 06:11 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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Virginia Beach/Norfolk is overrun with the geese, they are everywhere, they walk in the roads and cause accidents everyday.
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#3552033 - 04/06/12 06:15 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Man, just hope it works out that there are no fatalities.
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#3552040 - 04/06/12 06:30 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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1 building left i think,
no missing persons reported by families yet either.
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#3552054 - 04/06/12 07:02 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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from the Guy that pulled the Pilot out of the Seat:
" “I heard three loud bangs,” Kavanaugh said. “Saw a pilot laying on the ground, his parachute still connected to the building, and I ran over and I did a body survey, to see about his injuries. He had some blood coming out of his nose, I made sure he didn’t have any broken bones. He apologized for crashing into our apartment complex and I chuckled and I told him ‘Don’t worry about it, we’re alive and we’re going to get you out of here as fast as we can.’”
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#3552079 - 04/06/12 07:39 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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from the Guy that pulled the Pilot out of the Seat:
" “I heard three loud bangs,” Kavanaugh said. “Saw a pilot laying on the ground, his parachute still connected to the building, and I ran over and I did a body survey, to see about his injuries. He had some blood coming out of his nose, I made sure he didn’t have any broken bones. He apologized for crashing into our apartment complex and I chuckled and I told him ‘Don’t worry about it, we’re alive and we’re going to get you out of here as fast as we can.’” Always nice to hear of a sane voice. The media is painting quite a different picture...as always I'm guessing most folks were at school, or work. Glad no fatalities.
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#3552114 - 04/06/12 08:55 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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navy uses my word.
"Catastrophic Mechanical Failure"
Just say bird strike,damn, do you think the non military people know wtf that means?
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#3552354 - 04/07/12 01:19 PM
Re: Super Hornet Down @ NAS Oceana
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Skate Zilla HD Studios
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Confirmed, Everyone is Accounted for, NO Casualties.
6 Apartment Buildings,
5 Vehicles,
Couple Dozen TVs,
Thousands in Personal Property Damage,
Millions in Private Property Damage
2 Martin Baker Ejection Seats
1 57 Million Dollar F/A-18 Fighter Jet
NOT HAVING ANY CAUSUALTIES = PRICELESS
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