Posted By: WillWallace
Jet Down in UK
Posted By: Peally
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/08/14 03:42 PM
Well, as long as everyone walked away OK then it's just a cool looking explosion
Posted By: Haggart
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/08/14 03:48 PM
well also an expensive explosion
Posted By: PanzerMeyer
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/08/14 03:49 PM
I'm guessing the cause was some sort of mechanical failure but I'll be curious to see what the investigation discovers. I'd also be curious to know how old that F-15 airframe was.
Posted By: shadylurker
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/08/14 04:09 PM
That farmer can now retire
Posted By: RedToo
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/09/14 10:02 AM
BBC reporting that the plane flew on pilotless for quite a while:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-29540706
RedToo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-29540706
RedToo.
Posted By: Sluggish Controls
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/09/14 10:16 AM
Originally Posted By: shadylurker
That farmer can now retire
Why is that? A monthly fat gov check for the rest of his life?
Totally innocent question by the way
Cheers,
Slug
Posted By: Ajay
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/09/14 10:33 AM
No questions are innocent..what are you trying to hide Slug ???
Posted By: Jedi Master
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/09/14 12:44 PM
They haven't made an F-15D in over 25 years, so it wasn't new. How well it was maintained is a separate issue, after all the B-52s are all over 45 years old and they're not dropping like flies.
The Jedi Master
The Jedi Master
Posted By: Top Gun
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/09/14 04:11 PM
86-0182 is the BUNO, I'm sure a lot of hours and G's on that plane.
Glad he's ok
Glad he's ok
Posted By: Skater
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/09/14 07:56 PM
Originally Posted By: Jedi Master
They haven't made an F-15D in over 25 years, so it wasn't new. How well it was maintained is a separate issue, after all the B-52s are all over 45 years old and they're not dropping like flies.
The Jedi Master
The Jedi Master
45 is generous... I believe that the youngest is over the 55 year mark by now...
-Skater
Posted By: Skater
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/09/14 07:58 PM
I just checked, and the last B-52 (#61-040) rolled off the production line 22 JUN 1962.
-Skater
-Skater
Posted By: RogueSqdn
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/10/14 01:55 AM
Every time 48FW is in the news, it makes me miss Lakenheath. I was on duty when we had an F-15E's left main gear snap on touchdown. I personally saw it happen. It skidded off the left side of the runway, and the cockpit snapped off right behind the WSO. Both survived, and I believe both eventually went back to flight duty.
I was also there (though not on duty) when one of them went through a hush house door on afterburner. With the crew chief in the seat.
Glad to hear that there were no serious injuries.
I was also there (though not on duty) when one of them went through a hush house door on afterburner. With the crew chief in the seat.
Glad to hear that there were no serious injuries.
Posted By: Panther
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/10/14 04:16 PM
Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
I'd also be curious to know how old that F-15 airframe was.
1986 by the tail number.
Posted By: PanzerMeyer
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/10/14 04:35 PM
Originally Posted By: Panther
Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
I'd also be curious to know how old that F-15 airframe was.
1986 by the tail number.
Posted By: vocatx
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/10/14 05:05 PM
Isn't that the year the contract was let, not the necessarily the year the airframe was made?
Posted By: Top Gun
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/10/14 05:32 PM
Originally Posted By: vocatx
Isn't that the year the contract was let, not the necessarily the year the airframe was made?
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
Quote:
Starting on July 1, 1921 (the beginning of FY 1922) a new serial number system was adopted based on procurement within each Fiscal Year. Each serial number now consisted of a base number corresponding to the last two digits of the FY in which money was allocated to manufacture the aircraft, and a sequence number indicating the sequential order in which the particular aircraft was ordered within that particular FY. For example, airplane 22-1 was the first aircraft ordered in FY 1922, 23-1 was the first example ordered in FY 1923, etc. This system is still in use today.
Posted By: HarryR
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/10/14 05:50 PM
An F-15s down? Get Orf Moi Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand!
Posted By: Stormtrooper
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/11/14 04:20 AM
Last time I physically watched the 48th in the news we bombed the hell out of Libya.
(F-111s at the time)
Wasn't a good time to be a USAF dependent with all the pro-Libyan CnD prick kids running around.
(F-111s at the time)
Wasn't a good time to be a USAF dependent with all the pro-Libyan CnD prick kids running around.
Posted By: RogueSqdn
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/11/14 08:41 AM
AFAIK the names of the crews on that mission are still classified.
Last time I think they were in the news was for sending F-15Cs to the Baltics a few months back, when the tensions in Ukraine were kicking off.
I read Air Force Times and follow @48FighterWing on Twitter to keep up with them.
Last time I think they were in the news was for sending F-15Cs to the Baltics a few months back, when the tensions in Ukraine were kicking off.
I read Air Force Times and follow @48FighterWing on Twitter to keep up with them.
Posted By: Turbo
Re: Jet Down in UK - 10/11/14 01:53 PM
Are you saying that they are not well maintained?
I used to live in Lincolnshire (Woodhall Spa) years ago. As for the bird, I believe the tail number sounds familiar to me...
I used to live in Lincolnshire (Woodhall Spa) years ago. As for the bird, I believe the tail number sounds familiar to me...