Pics of F-15 disintergration

[btacon 1,772]

Current buzz it's because of bad parts. Pilot ejected safely, his wingman must have taken the pics.I can only imagine what the cockpit chatter sounded like during this event!bthttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/...ent_7418077.htm

[greggerm 312]

C'mon....Those are *not* photographs... (You know that!) Gotta love Chinese media.Here's the military accident report for the curious:http://www.acc.af.mil/shared/media/documen...-080110-021.pdfOh, and if you're looking for the CGI source of those pictures...http://www.acc.af.mil/shared/media/documen...-080110-018.wmv

[Guest Grahame Myers]

That video is purely amazing!Man, that's the kind of quality I've been dreaming of ever since I've been using FS :-)What software did they use?RegardsGrahame

[btacon 1,772]

Drats...bt

[BIGSKY 316]

How come it didn't zoom climb?:-roll

[BIGSKY 316]

F-15 Pilot Sues Boeing for Damages http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,1331...tml?ESRC=dod.nl

[Guest zzmikezz]

Didn't his mommy ever tell him that all military operations -- even training exercises -- are inherently dangerous?Or did he view the ANG as simply a fun way to a) supplement his SWA flight pay and to :( relieve the boredom of commercial aviation?If even our paid volunteer warfighters are wimping out, you know that the USA is in big trouble.

[Guest]

his mommy told him to always sue everyone with deep pockets as this is the USA boy where you can get rich quick if you sue enough people.

[Guest zzmikezz]

jwenting,I disagree. If that had been his motive he would have simply let the hot coffee his wife prepared for him fall onto his lap when he removed the container from the Boeing-installed cupholder to his right in his 737 cockpit. Then he could have sued for emotional distress.You see, in the F-15 only he was at risk. (Plus the people on the ground, but it was farm country so the risk was low.)But in an airliner -- ah yes, in an airliner -- the entire planeload of people would have been put at risk. Therefore the size of the reward to which he would have been entitled would have been that much larger.