GLOC Gravity induced Loss Of Consciousness Part 1 of 2 There was one piece of trivia that I left in the video that has nothing to do with G's. It kind of screwed up the smooth flow of the video, and is probably going to confuse some people. I left it in as a novel tidbit. It was about the life expectancy of World War I pilots.
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Man verses Jet Engine (Gas Turbine) A-6 Intruder On A Carrier Suck is not a very scientific term, as it implies the guy was pulled into the engine. The true physics is the higher relative outside pressure pushed in the man.
Engine A-6 Intruder Carrier Catapult USN Navy Mishap Jet Gas Turbine Suck atfscrash
GLOC Gravity induced Loss Of Consciousness Part 2 of 2 There was one piece of trivia that I left in the video that has nothing to do with G's. It kind of screwed up the smooth flow of the video, and is probably going to confuse some people. I left it in as a novel tidbit. It was about the life expectancy of World War I pilots.
GLOC G-LOC Gravity Consciousness Blood Circulation Fighter Aerospace Physiology Flight Mishap atfscrash
This is a safety film dramatizing how everyday life can affect your work performance. How little problems can snowball into major problems. Like many of these safety films, the lessons learned can apply even if you are not a pilot. Like in this video; there are often many warnings/symptoms of a having a bad day. I have a 3-strike policy; if anyone or I make more then 3 notable mistakes; don't do any critical activities that day. Better to be grounded or stay home for a day then to risk having a much worse day. Exhaustion, distractions can increase risk of target fixation and other errors.
Flight Pilot Fatigue Exhaustion Distraction Safety F-16 atfscrash
As far as I know is the first time this has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) First part of the first video is opinion and info debunking myths, the rest is a US military Spatial (aka Spacial) Disorientation training film. It's in depth, so most people with ADD or people that are not hardcore flight buff find boring. ;) Spatial (aka Spacial) Disorientation Documentary & Docudrama with Commentary and Opinion in text.
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Target Fixation Is When A Pilot Becomes So Fixated On An Objective/Task, That He Neglects Another Objective/ Task (Like Flight). Old fashion low-level bomb runs were dangerous from more than ground fire.
Target Fixation Bomb Pilot Aircraft Airplane USAF USN Navy Flight Safety Training Mishap Crash atfscrash
No sound on takeoff clip. Link to more info www.codeonemagazine.com "On November 8, Flatley, Lt. Cmdr. WW "Smokey" Stovall (the copilot), Brennan, and Lockheed test pilot Ted Limmer approached the Forrestal underway off Cape Cod, Mass. Flatley put the propellers into reverse pitch while still 10-15 feet in the air and settled on the deck. At touchdown, the KC-130 was in full reverse and stopped in 270 feet."
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Warning Wantabees: Don't Try the G-Straining Maneuver, Without Competent Professional Help. It Can Lead To Aneurysm, Stroke, Heart Attack, Hemorrhoids ECT... Don't be a dead hemorrhoid. As far as I know is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) I have seen a few documentaries on cable TV that has some of this footage. In other words don't try yourself. G force G-force
GLOC G-LOC Oxygen Pilot Aircraft Airplane USAF USN Navy Flight Safety Training Blood Gravity Aviation Aerospace atfscrash
Some Old Altitude Chamber Hypoxia Training/Demo From the 1940s-1960s? As far as I know is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) en.wikipedia.org
Hypoxia Oxygen Aerospace Physiology Hypobaric Chamber Training Decompression Fly Flight Pilot Safety Aviation hyperbaric atfscrash
F-15C T/N 80-0034 Mick 2 As usual, I think the US military has conducted an excellent and thorough investigation. The report summary www.acc.af.mil Complete Report Part one of four. www.acc.af.mil Part two of four www.acc.af.mil Part three of four www.acc.af.mil Part four of four www.acc.af.mil PowerPoint photos and drawings. (same as in video) www.acc.af.mil Flight global article with additional photos and drawings. www.flightglobal.com HUD video better resolution www.acc.af.mil www.acc.af.mil
F-15C Eagle T/N 80-0034 Mick Crash Investigation Mishap USAF Fighter Combat Simulation HUD longeron Airplane Aircraft atfscrash
Video quality is poor, it is old. LOX the liquid rocket fuel that most people don't think of as fuel, since we live in such an O2 rich environment, most take it for granted. Essentially: LO2 + H or HC = BOOM
LOX LO2 Liquid Oxygen Pilot Aircraft Airplane USAF USN Navy Flight Safety Training Aviation Chemistry atfscrash
L-1011 Airliner Wing Vortice Tests at NASA Langley Research Center, notice how long the vortices stay active and how slowly they move.I should probably elaborate on what I mean by slow. I'm referring to the time between the airliner passing by and the reaction of the smoke. This 58 second movie clip shows an L-1011 Airliner Wing Vortice test at NASA Langley Research Center. NASA conducted the Adaptive Performance Optimization experiment aboard Orbital Sciences Corporation's Lockheed L-1011-100. The program was developed by engineers at the Dryden Flight Research Center. Dryden was also involved in limited wake vortex studies using an L-1011 in 1977. The Adaptive Performance Optimization project is designed to reduce the aerodynamic drag of large subsonic transport aircraft by varying the camber of the wing through real-time adjustment of flaps or ailerons in response to changing flight conditions. Reducing the drag will improve aircraft efficiency and performance, resulting in signifigant fuel savings for the nation's airlines worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
L-1011 Airliner Wing Vortice Tests at NASA Langley Research Center Aerodynamics Wake Turbulence Vortices Vortex Flight atfscrash
In early 1964 Bob Schumacher conducted a number of trial landings and take-offs from the USS Ranger and a number of other CIA pilots, including Jim Barnes, became carrier qualified. The target for the U-2G was the French nuclear test site, situated at Mururoa Atoll in the middle of the South Pacific, well out of the range of a land-based U-2. Consequently, in May 64 a U-2G operating from the USS Ranger photographed Mururoa Atoll and until 1968 three of the CIAs fleet of U-2s and a number of pilots were always carrier capable, although few actual sorties were ever flown. Source. www.spyflight.co.uk Grimes said Soviets shot down more than 30 US aircraft and 200 crewmembers during the Cold War. www.beanerbanner.com Did you know that we occasionally flew armed reconnaissance missions and in some cases actually exchanged fire with the Soviets with the aircraft like the RB-47? www.spyflight.co.uk www.b-29s-over-korea.com For more U-2 footage. www.creativefission.com
Lockheed U-2 TR-1 U-2R OPS SPEC Spy Plane Reconnaissance Clarence Kelly Johnson Skunk Works USS America CV-66 Ranger CV-61 atfscrash
(Exclusive)(old damaged video) As far as I know is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) Flight Safety Training Aerospace physiology is part of a military training for crew that flies on high-altitude flights, part of that training is how to recognize symptoms in yourself or in other people. The symptoms can be much like alcohol, it can affect different people in different ways. Stupor, slurred speech, amnesia, feeling of well-being, overconfidence, loss of coordination, mental confusion, argumentativeness, ect... Chuck Yeager was/is a smart cookie, he spotted a wingmen's errors, he tried to alert the pilot in distress, but the pilot in distress became combative, rather than to try to win an argument, Chuck Yeager used psychology, he used the pilot's compassion to save him. Chuck Yeager made up a white lie/a diversion, Yeager said he had a flameout, which alerted the pilot in distress and fed on the distressed pilot's sense of loyalty and compassion. So the pilot in distress followed Yeager to a lower altitude, where the pilot recovered without mishap.
Hypoxia Oxygen Suffocation Pilot Aircraft Airplane USAF USN Navy Flight Safety Training Aviation Chuck Yeager atfscrash
This is why you need to have a jet engine in a hardened test cell for primary testing. This is a minor failure compared to some I have seen, but most modern test cells have a water deluge system that is almost always tripped in a modern test cell engine failure. First in rear (afterburner) view, then from front. Note the guy leaving the test cell just before the mishap. Video is poor, it is old. No Audio
Fire Mishap Safety Explosion Jet Engine Gas Turbine Aeronautic Aeronautical Mechanic Mechanical Engineer Engineering atfscrash
Edited to show the claims that dog fighting is over is not new and probably wrong again. Many say the days of dog fighting are over. It is an eco of what I have heard before. I disagree on 2 points. What they are calling a dogfight is what I would call a fur ball of a dogfight. Dog fighting is dog fighting regardless of the range. The fur ball is close in like when a dog can nip at another. To me the dogfight can start 100 or more miles away. To me a fur ball is in gun range. I think the fur ball will be here for decades. To me the only thing in the near future that might change the fir ball much is when and if they start putting lasers on fighters as guns. There still will likely be fir ball dogfights, but the need to point the plane directly at a target to shoot will likely be reduced. There also is no effective lag time between the time a laser fires and hits, so there will be no bullet drop. Even then I think there still will be fur balls. Sound is slightly out of sync
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I dubbed out the audio in the first part of the video for the pilots privacy and out of respect. He gave a very good/magnanimous/honest critique of his flight. He did not fully understand the ground warning system (he misunderstood), he also forgot to reset the altitude on the warning system. The fact that F-16 survived is a testament to General Dynamics. Since this is only a single-engine fighter fact the engine was able to run and run long enough after ingesting parts of the tree to get the plane back safely is a credit to the engine manufacturer. I am not sure which engine this aircraft had at the time, General Electric or Pratt & Whitney. They are all excellent manufacturers. The consensus is that it was a Pratt & Whitney engine. Note: Every time his collision warning came on he was less then 50 feet off the ground, trees are not normally detected as ground, that is part of the reason for the mishap. A lot of trees are higher then 50 feet. Don't be fooled by the funny filler music, I love this plane. You might have seen part of this clip before, but I doubt the GP has seen all this before.
F-16 Falcon Mishap Crash General Dynamics Electric Pratt Whitney Fighter Pilot Flight Jet atfscrash
A-10 Thunderbolt II ejection, note seat almost hits parachute and pilot on the rebound. F-100 Super Saber?; in a version of coffin corner. AV-8 hover, last second ejection, but too late. F-102 Delta Dagger?; Emergency landing without nose gear. A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder. U-2 nose gear jam. Good subject; poor video quality. Most of the films were shot using old-fashioned equipment, sometimes over exposed and washed out, under great vibration. The film and tapes were not that good quality when I got them and over the decades age and EM has deteriorated them some, and some quality was lost digitizing the recordings. This real thing, not Hollyweird. Most of the montage footage I posted is available, that has been better stored and has been enhanced and edited using high-end professional equipment and a lot of time. They have done an excellent job in restoring much of the footage The footage is in different order and has different music, however it has much of the same footage. There is a digital preview available at the link. I am not affiliated with the web site. rareaviation.com
A-10 AV-8 F-100 A-4 ejection Fighter Mishap Landing Flight Fly Eject USAF US Navy Pilot Safety Crash Airplane Aircraft atfscrash
Gen. Sullivan telling that story Quote from Parrothead: "Most of the people around here know about the A-12 AKA Project Oxcart. I suspect that not many have heard this story, however. I got to videotape some of the old hands at the Road Runners reunion when they got up to speak about their time up at "The Ranch" and some of what happened up there. One of the speakers was Brigadier-General (Retired) Dennis Sullivan. Gen. Sullivan was one of the A-12 pilots who flew the jet out of Groom Lake as well as out of Kadena, Okinawa on operational missions. Gen. Sullivan's entire presentation (I got it all on tape) was great - especially hearing about the time he had six or seven SA-2 missiles launched at him over North Vietnam and how he was able to watch them push over at about 90000 feet, go to pursuit, and detonate behind the jet before they could catch him. There was only one fragment of a missile found in the chine area which was about the size of a fingernail - and he still has it. One of the stories he told was about the world record that would never be broken - Mach 3.2 with the landing gear down ! No, he wasn't the pilot who did it, but it's one of the funniest things I've ever heard ! Here's the video of Gen. Sullivan telling that story: Enjoy" Credit: Thanks to Jeff Hollenbeck AKA Parrothead www.parrotheadjeff.com
Oxcart A-12 YF-12 SR-71 Blackbird Roadrunner aviation space World Speed Record atfscrash
GE90-115B Gas Turbine Jet Engine Testing and Evaluation I takes a lot of money and time to test as thoroughly as the FAA, military, and GE require. More money and time and lives are saved by finding most problems before they become much larger. Some claim US gas turbine aircraft engines can't take turbulence or odd angles of attack. The claim is clearly false, if you note the shot of the crosswind testing fans. The crosswind fans can simulate hurricane winds at any angle. The fan and the engine can be pivoted to simulate any angle. Typically it is some former soviet block people that make those claims. They think just because they carelessly showboat fighters at air shows doing extreme AOA, that they are the only ones that can do so. The fact is that we don't make a habit of showboating at air shows because it is risky. The former soviet block has crashed a lot of fighters showboating extreme AOAs. The fact is any time you move a gas turbine with reverse airflow your risk of a flameout increases dramatically. The exhaust can recirculate back into the intake the result can be a backfire or flameout or just reduced power; all can be fatal if you are flying with no margin of error at an air show. Normally; US pilots are told to avoid doing things that can cause cavitation or recirculation, particularly wile airborne. They are tested at higher altitude in remote areas to give a good chance of recovery, and restart, and if nothing else ejection. There are some exceptions <b>...</b>
GE90-115B GE General Electric C4 Testing Test Evaluation Gas Turbine Jet Engine GE90 atfscrash
The aircraft is a T-45 Goshawk trainer. Once again this is a fine example of if life gives you lemons; you make lemonade. I think this shows that the military often studies its mishaps and often makes them public so that everyone can benefit by learning from the mistakes, thusly prevent additional mishaps. Often tragedies are learning experiences. Like they say, the road to success is often paved with failures. Demonstrates superb airmanship. It's not just that "in the air piloting" ("stick and rudder") skills that are necessary to be a good pilot; in order to be a good pilot (and crew) one should be honest open and able to give honest evaluations and self-criticism. I think they did an excellent job getting the aircraft back on the ground safely, however they knit picked and analyzed the mishap so next time hopefully it can be handled even better. Note and warning to pilots. Turning back to an airfield the after a loss of power is extremely dangerous. It is often referred as going for the "sucker field". Quite often the best option is to make a controlled crash without doing any extreme banking in the flattest remote field that you can. Unlike civilian aircraft this aircraft had ejection seats, that could have allowed the pilots to bail out if they didn't have enough energy to return to the runway. Also the engine still was producing a fair amount of power, and they had a fair amount of speed and altitude; which allowed them to return to the field. The Martin Baker Mk 14 <b>...</b>
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As far as I know is the first time this has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) First part of the first video is opinion and info debunking myths, the rest is a US military Spatial (aka Spacial) Disorientation training film. It's in depth, so most people with ADD or people that are not hardcore flight buff find boring. ;) Spatial (aka Spacial) Disorientation Documentary & Docudrama with Commentary and Opinion in text.
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X-15 launch landed & rolled. S-3 Viking cold cat shot. T-33 gear up landing; note how rescues crews are on way before the plane stops. Military flight safety training protocol on declaring an in flight emergency. " If in doubt, call them out." Cockpit view of midair. Airline fuel flammability test crash. F-16 pilot hits tree at ridgeline, practicing terrain masking. T-37 Tweet lands with nose gear up. Good subject; poor video quality. Most of the films were shot using old-fashioned equipment, sometimes over exposed and washed out, under great vibration. The film and tapes were not that good quality when I got them and over the decades age and EM has deteriorated them some, and some quality was lost digitizing the recordings. This real thing, not Hollyweird. Most of the montage footage I posted is available, that has been better stored and has been enhanced and edited using high-end professional equipment and a lot of time. They have done an excellent job in restoring much of the footage The footage is in different order and has different music, however it has much of the same footage. There is a digital preview available at the link. I am not affiliated with the web site. rareaviation.com
S-3 T-37 Tweet X-15 T-33 F-16 Midair Mishap USAF US Navy Pilot Safety Crash Airplane Aircraft atfscrash
The T-38/F-5 pilots started to egress before it stopped; don't blame them. KJW105 says A-7 incident was caused by FOD. A flashlight was left in the throttle housing and when the plane caught the wire it jammed against the throttle assy. causing the throttle to remain at full power. (Unconfirmed) Good subject; poor video quality. Most of the films were shot using old-fashioned equipment, sometimes over exposed and washed out, under great vibration. The film and tapes were not that good quality when I got them and over the decades age and EM has deteriorated them some, and some quality was lost digitizing the recordings. This real thing, not Hollyweird. Most of the montage footage I posted is available, that has been better stored and has been enhanced and edited using high-end professional equipment and a lot of time. They have done an excellent job in restoring much of the footage The footage is in different order and has different music, however it has much of the same footage. There is a digital preview available at the link. I am not affiliated with the web site. rareaviation.com
KC-135 Fighter Mishap Landing Flight Fly Bailout Eject Crash F-8 A-6 A-4 A-7 T-38 F-5 USAF US Navy Pilot Safety Plane atfscrash
As far as I know this is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) This was one of the largest base fires in the US History. It would have been much larger if emergency crews didn't respond so fast. As far as I know this is the first time this video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;)Fire at Bien Hoa Air Base Vietnam May 16, 1965, explosions and cleanup (FOD patrol). This was mishap was investigated and determined to be accidental "Large numbers of USAF strike aircraft were sent to bases where pavement for aircraft parking was at a premium. Aircraft were parked wing tip to wing tip, vulnerable to an accidental explosion or enemy attack. A need for aircraft revetments was dramatically brought home on 16 May 1965 when the explosion of a bomb under the wing of a loaded B-57 aircraft set off a chain reaction of explosions on the parking apron at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam. Forty aircraft were destroyed, 26 Americans killed, and over 60 wounded." www.vspa.com "On May 16, 1965, while waiting to takeoff on a mission, a B-57B exploded on the ground at Bien Hoa, setting off a whole chain of secondary explosions. The resulting conflagration destroyed ten B-57s, eleven VNAF A-1H Skyraiders, and a US Navy F-8 Crusader. The surviving B-57s were transferred to Tan Son Nhut and continued to fly sorties on a reduced scale until the losses could be made good. Some B-57Bs had to be <b>...</b>
Fire Mishap USAF Safety Explosion Airplanes Emergency Conflagration Bien Hoa Air Base Vietnam 1965 A-1 Skyraider B-57 atfscrash
Some may consider the language inappropriate. If you are easily offended by language mute or don't view the video. I normally censor bad language, but in these cases I think it is understandable and part of the serious nature, though in bad taste. This is still not as bad as what you see on TV. This is a real, not Hollywweird. Gravity induced loss of consciousness in fighter aircraft. GLOC = Gravity induced Loss Of Consciousness GLOC is when the gravity drains the blood from your brain and you lose consciousness. Such as when you are in a fighter aircraft and doing a hard turn. Transcript of M2000 Mad (the pilot): C'est parti! 2'nd pilot: Ca va la? Mad ? Mad ? Mad : oui oui oui 2'nd pilot : donc on est en piqu? l?. Mad : oui oui 2'nd Pilot : sort?sort? sort du piqu?, sort du piqu?? ressource ! Aural warning Mad : C'est bon 2'nd pilot : Oh putain ! Mad: Ca va' j'ai l'avion 2^nd pilot: C'est bon ? T'es normal ? Mad : J'ai l'avion Mad: Here we go! 2'nd pilot: Are you ok? Mad? Mad? Mad: yes yes yes 2'nd pilot: so we are in a dive here Mad: yes yes 2'nd pilot: get out, get out, get out of the dive, get out of the dive? pull up! Aural warning Mad: it's all right 2'nd pilot: holly (Bleep)! Mad: it's ok? I have the airplane under control 2'nd pilot: everything ok? Are you feeling normal? Mad: I have the airplane under control
GLOC G-LOC Gravity Consciousness Blood Circulation Fighter Aerospace Physiology Flight Mishap M2000 atfscrash
By Northrop Grumman Possibly might be incorporated into a future version of the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) F-35 Joint High Power Solid-State Laser (JHPSSL) Program Designed to accelerate solid-state laser technology for military uses, the JHPSSL program is funded by the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Ala; Office of the Secretary of Defense - Joint Technology Office, Albuquerque; Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM; and the Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va. Under the current phase (Phase 3), the program's goal is for a laser system to reach 100 kW, setting the stage for a variety of force protection and strike missions such as shipboard defense against cruise missiles; wide-area, ground-based defense against rockets, artillery, and mortars; and precision strike missions for airborne platforms. Northrop Grumman surpassed a critical milestone on the JHPSSL 2 program when it demonstrated a laser system with a total power of greater than 27 kW with a run time of 350 seconds. Northrop Grumman's approach utilizes amplifier chains assembled with multiple high-power gain modules. The company's JHPSSL demonstrator used two chains to demonstrate the 27 kW level achieved during Phase 2. Avoiding the need for new physics or scaling, the company's 100 kW architecture uses eight chains, very similar to those used in its 27 kW device. JHPSSL Phase 1 addressed risk reduction of the technologies necessary to obtain high power and beam <b>...</b>
Joint High Power Solid-State Laser JHPSSL Program Northrop Grumman JSF Strike Fighter F-35 Weapon atfscrash
Mobile / Tactical High Energy Laser (M-THEL) Technology Demonstration Program Developer: Northrop Grumman Corp. The fixed-site version Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) THEL, was developed by TRW Inc. under a $89 million contract. During several tests in the USA, the system has shot down 25 Katyusha rockets, but has not been deployed. The system also known as Nautilus, has not progressed much since the end of the demonstration program, since the lack of mobility and the fixed base limitations of the system made in insufficient to counter long range rockets currently employed by Hezbulla at the Israeli northern border with Lebanon. While Katyusha rockets had a range of 20 kilometers, and could hit only a few urban targets, the long range rockets have a range of 70 kilometers and can hit strategic facilities and large urban areas in the Haifa bay. A laser-based defense against such weapons must rely on more systems, which could be rapidly mobilized to protect a much larger area. Such design is currently being implemented under the MTHEL program. Similar threats could face US contingencies in other parts of the world. This requirement is driving the need for an air-mobile version of the beam weapon. In July 2006, Northrop Grumman unveiled the SkyGuard system, based on the THEL, designed to protect airfields and fixed sites from rocket, artillery and mortar (RAM) attacks. Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser (MTHEL) A study <b>...</b>
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The next short clip shows the cockpit/HUD view From an F-15 that the pilot became spatially disoriented. If I remember correctly it was broad daylight in clear visibility, a mitigating factor is the color of the sky and seas that day were very similar. The fact the F-15 held together and was able to land safely is a testament of its durability. I can't remember exactly but it sustained like 15-20 Gs for about 2-3 seconds. For a fraction of a second it pulled something like 30-40 Gs. It held together but the wing skin had crinkled (technical term j/k) because the airframe was bent so badly. Unfortunately I have no external views. It pulled so many Gs that the tape pulled off the recorder head and lost sync for a bit, so the tape misses the highest G. I think this might be the worlds record for the most Gs a manned airplane has pulled and landed safely. As far as I know it was the most Gs a piloted aircraft ever pulled and was able to return safely (though the plane was badly damaged). Famous Quote "Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous, but to an even greater than the sea; it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity, or neglect" You here of Murphy's Law? en.wikipedia.org By riding the decelerator sled himself, Dr. John Paul Stapp demonstrated that a human can withstand at least 45 G's in the forward position, with adequate harness www.daviddarling.info www.afa.org www.af.mil 46G "Sonic Wind" sled ride www.ejectionsite.com Skydivers have survived <b>...</b>
Stress Gravity Mishap Fighter F-15 Eagle USAF Navy Flight Safety Training Blood Aviation Aerospace atfscrash
Exclusive, as far as I know this is the first time this video has been readily available to the general public. This is an investigation of an old crash during a practice dogfight. I think this crash was a result of GLOC. If you look at the primitive old fashion computer graphics of the simulation of the crash, you will see that there are three Starburst in the path of the aircraft. I think the Starbursts are bookmarks that represent stick/control inputs, I think the first Starburst is when the pilot started a tight turn and started to pull G's. I think the second Starburst is when there was no more stick/control inputs, so it's likely when the pilot lost consciousness. The third Starburst I think represents when the pilot started to regain conscious and apply stick/control inputs. Though apparently the pilot started to regain consciousness before the crash, he evidently wasn't conscious enough to properly controll the aircraft. After a pilot GLOC's the pilot stops flying the aircraft, so the aircraft has a tendency to go into a 1G roll, sometimes a spin. So what happens in a tight turn, is the pilot will put in inputs that make the plane turn and pull Gs, if a pilot loses consciousness the controls usually go neutral, which usually allows the aircraft ease off on the G, however since the aircraft is not controlled, fighters have a tendency to roll and dive if they are not controlled. The computers simulation in the video was made from data gathered from data recorders <b>...</b>
Fighter Pilot Crash GLOC Blue Angels Kevin Kojak Davis F-16 F-14 Airshow Investigation Dogfight Consciousness atfscrash
F-14 Carrier landing. XB-70 landing gear fire and flat tires during testing. Cockpit view as pilot ejects while ground looping (spinning), pilot lands in front of plane in camera view and dragged away by wind and momentum. C-2. F-18 doesn't quite make loop. U-2 (trainer version) runs off runway into ditch. A-4 Skyhawk catapults through a wave spray, engine flames out, pilot ejects. Good subject; poor video quality. Most of the films were shot using old-fashioned equipment, sometimes over exposed and washed out, under great vibration. The film and tapes were not that good quality when I got them and over the decades age and EM has deteriorated them some, and some quality was lost digitizing the recordings. This real thing, not Hollyweird. Most of the montage footage I posted is available, that has been better stored and has been enhanced and edited using high-end professional equipment and a lot of time. They have done an excellent job in restoring much of the footage The footage is in different order and has different music, however it has much of the same footage. There is a digital preview available at the link. I am not affiliated with the web site. rareaviation.com
F-14 XB-70 C-2 F-18 U-2 Ejection Fighter Mishap Landing Flight Fly Eject USAF US Navy Pilot Safety Crash Airplane atfscrash
There is a correction at the end of the text description, that seems to correct the transcript. Transcript of text read by Steven Hawkins. Joking; it really isn't Steven Hawkins What a mess, it is a miracle nobody was injured. This is an example of what happens when we do not pay attention to detail, and do not follow instructions and checklists! A KC-135 Aircraft was being pressurized at ground level. The outflow valves which are used to regulate the pressure of the aircraft were capped off during a 5 year overhaul and never opened back up. The post-investigation revealed: that a civilian depot technician who, "had always done it that way," was using a homemade gauge, and no procedure. The technician's gauge didn't even have a max "peg" for the needle and so it was no surprise he missed it when the needle went around the gauge the first time. As the technician continued to pressurize the aircraft, and as the needle was on its second trip around the gauge the aircraft went "boom" - the rear hatch was blown over 70 yards away, behind a blast fence! An incident like this is never funny and is further regrettable when we consider that this mistake is one that we (the taxpayers) will end up paying for. Fortunately, no one was reported as being injured. This was a good "Lessons Learned" for making sure we have trained people, who have the right tools, and who are following detailed procedures. And it should serve as a reminder that just because you've always done it that way <b>...</b>
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Lately there is a political conspiracy to smear, slander and defame McCain. As the evidence clearly shows it would be absurd to try to blame McCain. With the political primaries there has been a figurative political assassination attempt to slander McCain by saying an insinuating that McCain murdered his crewmen by deliberately causing this mishap. The facts and evidence clearly shows that McCain was a victim and not responsible for this mishap. The real experts agree, the only "experts" that disagree are clearly politically motivated since the self-proclaimed "experts" bashing McCain didn't pop up until the election started heating up. I find it despicable that these hateful political activists resort to slandering McCain a military veteran POW in good standing. I have mixed feelings about McCain's politics. Regardless on how you feel about his politics you should respect the man for volunteering to go into harm's way to serve the military and his country and for being a POW and suffering torture that most people couldn't fathom. I think these political activists that are spamming their slander should spend eternity in hell. I really wish someone with some legal expertise would find some way to file charges and prosecute them while they still are alive. ---- As far as I know is the first time this video has been made readily available on the Internet to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) I think there is an old documentary VHS tape that might have this footage. And <b>...</b>
USS Forrestal Aircraft carrier USN Navy Fighter Fire Explosion Mishap Safety atfscrash
I have seen this video several places, many don't tell the story behind it, and many seem to have it wrong. Operation Credible Sport, also known as Operation Honey Badger, was a United States military operation plan in late 1980 to rescue the hostages held in Iran using C-130 cargo planes modified with rocket engines. The Credible Sport operation was to follow the dramatic failure of Operation Eagle Claw in which a C-130 Hercules and a Sea Stallion helicopter collided in the Iranian desert, killing 8 servicemen. Credible Sport was abandoned after the election of Ronald Reagan as President in November, 1980. The Credible Sport plan called for highly modified C-130 Hercules cargo planes to land in a soccer stadium not far from the American Embassy in Tehran and airlift the hostages out. Three aircraft were modified under a top secret project at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida to YMC-130H configuration with rocket packages blistered onto the forward and aft fuselage, which theoretically enabled the planes to land and take off within the confines of the sports arena. During a demonstration at Duke Field, Eglin Auxiliary Field 3, on October 29, 1980, one of the modified Hercules fired its braking rockets a few seconds early (this seems to be wrong, see note below). The aircraft suffered an extremely heavy landing, tearing off the starboard wing, setting off a fire, and resulting in the airframe, serial 74-1683, being written off. Despite this, the entire crew survived. This <b>...</b>
Iran Iranian Hostage Super STOL C-130 YMC-130H Rescue President Carter RATO JATO Rocket atfscrash
A-10 stalls at air show; pilot ejects late but saves the audience. View of T-37 Tweet after it made a miraculous emergency landing in the semi rough desert, virtually unscathed; note wheel/skid marks in the desert. Russian Pilot ejects just before his fighter crashes. Russians have some of the best ejection seats systems. A-6 damages gear. C-130 cargo drop goes bad, plane was not supposed to hit ground that hard. I think the pilot misjudged the altitude, and descended too fast. A-7 lands without port gear. Early AV-8 prototype the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel hovers and crashes. 747 gear malfunction (see below). Early X-19, which flew from 1963-1965 (V-22 Prototype?) hover and crash. jimmybusby "Pan Am 747 that hit some approach lights on takeoff from San Francisco. When it landed, it was missing the rear landings gear bogeys" I thought the 747 had an extra set of gear and was part of the gear or tire tests but a reader has challenged my recollection. I can't say for sure, but Jim is probably correct, I must've confused the stories with some of my other videos. Thanks Jim. Curtiss-Wright X-19 M-200 X-200 XC-142 X-22 avia.russian.ee Good subject; poor video quality. Most of the films were shot using old-fashioned equipment, sometimes over exposed and washed out, under great vibration. The film and tapes were not that good quality when I got them and over the decades age and EM has deteriorated them some, and some quality was lost digitizing the recordings. This real thing, not <b>...</b>
A-10 T-37 Tweet A-6 C-130 A-7 747 X-19 Airdrop Mishap USAF US Navy Crash Airplane Aircraft AV-8 Hawker Siddeley Kestrel atfscrash
Edited documentary to demonstrate the phenomena of information overload. Sound is out of sync Though the demo is on fighter pilots, the same phenomena can happen to everyone in their everyday lives, fighter pilot, airline pilots, bus driver, in your personal car ect... This can happen landing a passenger jet, or driving your car. Something as simple as driving a car can be made more dangerous with too many distractions. The radio, cell phone, passengers (nagging woman/kids hehe) can attribute to information overload. It's an FAA rule to keep conversations and actions professional during landing and take off, because that is typically when commercial pilots are under highest workload and have the least margin for error. It is often referred to as a sterile environment. Part of the reason is to reduce distractions and keep your mind on landing or taking off. Since this documentary was made, aircraft have become more complex and the skies have become more crowded, newer avionics have helped offset the complexity. Some of the newer avionics can make things easier and safer even though the skies are much more crowded. It is interesting to see the experimental things in the documentary that have come to fruition and what has not. I think things like speech recognition can be handy to aid a pilot, but it is only a crutch, and I think pilots should be trained to function with and without these aides. I am skeptical if voice recognition technology would ever be practical in a <b>...</b>
Top Gun Aviation Flight Safety Aerospace Physiology Psychology Biology Fighter Pilot Mishap Crash Aircraft Technology atfscrash
This shows a passenger can be ejected by explosive decompression, that is why the B-29 had a cage to keep crew from being shot out is explosive decompression occurs. It is pretty much a myth that a small handgun can cause explosive decompression. Under normal conditions most commercial and military aircraft have enough margin of error (extra strength), that in most cases a small caliber gun is just going to make a small hole and make no noticeable cabin pressure lose. The occupant is not sucked out. The higher relative pressure inside the cabin pushes the passenger out. Suck is not a real technical term in physics. You can't really pull on air; you can push on air and do push it. If you keep your seatbelts fastened, then even if there were to be an explosive decompression, you would still remain inside. Most passenger aircraft the windows are too small to have an adult to be easily be blown out. Depressurization lift you up? Not normally. Gravity is still a factor. Assuming the plane is upright and pulling 1 positive G in a normal attitude. If you were in a stairwell and an overhead window blew out, then it is possible you could be blown directly upward. But I can't think off hand of any aircraft that is configure in a way that is likely. The closest I can think of is a case like is a cabin failure like. . Flight 243 en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org I doubt the depressurization blast itself would normally be powerful enough to lift you up enough to blow you out. But the <b>...</b>
Explosive Cabin Decompression Suck Passenger Eject Physics blown blow window pressure Hypobaric atfscrash
The evidance shows it is real. It was a German army EMT Luna tactical UAV and Ariana Afghan Airlines Airbus A300B4 @ Kabul. I labeled a few reference points for comparison. img87.imageshack.us img179.imageshack.us img219.imageshack.us img171.imageshack.us Near misses between UAVs and airliners prompt NATO low-level rules review Incidents between UAVs and helicopters in Afghanistan and Iraq prompt action NATO is studying options for improving low-level airspace co-ordination in operational areas in response to an increasing number of proximity incidents involving manned aircraft and unmanned air vehicles. The study, being run by NATO's Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC) as part of research into improved UAV integration into NATO force structures, follows at least three incidents involving UAVs and helicopters in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001. © Bundeswehr This close call between an airliner and a Luna UAV over Kabul highlighted a growing risk TD Study co-ordinator Brig Gen Elia Baldazzi, JAPCC assistant director capabilities, says incidents giving rise to NATO concerns also include a near miss between an Ariana Afghan Airlines Airbus A300B4 with over 100 passengers and a German army EMT Luna tactical UAV. Flight International has obtained an animation sequence of images taken from the Luna's daylight camera (pictured above). The incident occurred over Kabul on 30 August 2004. "Due to the failure of the air traffic control tower to follow standard procedures, the <b>...</b>
RPV German Army Luna UAV Mishap Ariana Afghan Airlines Airbus A300 atfscrash
Please try to keep from using vulgarities and profanity. I feel we can make our points without using profanity. I have no problem with calling the pilot a jerk, however remember there can be children viewing this thread so try to keep suitable for public. July-7-2007 As far as I know is the first time this much of the video has been made readily available to the GP when I posted this on Youtube. ;) More footage then I have seen on the net on this subject. Mishap 24 June 1994, a B-52H of the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92d Bomb Wing en.wikipedia.org In this photograph you can see what is apparently an ejection hatch. img464.imageshack.us This photograph was shot in mid-impact with the ground. img464.imageshack.us The photographs were shot in-between the time frame that there was apparently a plasma ball from the wing clipping power lines. US air show standards are the highest, but this was a case of systemic disregard for safety. Since this crash, the bar has been set higher more enforcement and awareness. It bothers me to see some other counties still have very poor safety at major air shows. The former soviet block has had several crashes that I would consider safety neglect a factor, if not the cause. Aerobatics should not be done over crowds. Aerobatics should be kept in a safe margin away from the crowd and to some extent the flight line. I even frown on extremely low passes over crowds. Pilots and management/command should have restraint from flying planes to extreme limits <b>...</b>
Aerobatics B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Fairchild Air Force Base AFB USAF Mishap Crash Show Safety Bud Holland CRM atfscrash
Edited documentary to demonstrate the phenomena of information overload. Sound is out of sync Though the demo is on fighter pilots, the same phenomena can happen to everyone in their everyday lives, fighter pilot, airline pilots, bus driver, in your personal car ect... This can happen landing a passenger jet, or driving your car. Something as simple as driving a car can be made more dangerous with too many distractions. The radio, cell phone, passengers (nagging woman/kids hehe) can attribute to information overload. It's an FAA rule to keep conversations and actions professional during landing and take off, because that is typically when commercial pilots are under highest workload and have the least margin for error. It is often referred to as a sterile environment. Part of the reason is to reduce distractions and keep your mind on landing or taking off. Since this documentary was made, aircraft have become more complex and the skies have become more crowded, newer avionics have helped offset the complexity. Some of the newer avionics can make things easier and safer even though the skies are much more crowded. It is interesting to see the experimental things in the documentary that have come to fruition and what has not. I think things like speech recognition can be handy to aid a pilot, but it is only a crutch, and I think pilots should be trained to function with and without these aides. I am skeptical if voice recognition technology would ever be practical in a <b>...</b>
Top Gun Aviation Flight Safety Aerospace Physiology Psychology Biology Fighter Pilot Mishap Crash Aircraft Technology atfscrash
The F-16 was only on a high-speed taxi test, but a control induced oscillation became so bad he opted to take it off. Some of the sources say the YF-16 (control oscillation) did not have a computer, I do not think that is totally correct. I think it had a computer, however it was a very primitive computer and did not have any software to prevent oscillations. After this mishap I think they upgraded the computer and software and did some other modifications to reduce the chances of control induced oscillations. I think also they developed computer flight simulators to get pilots used to flying by wire and the new style control stick. With most aircraft you can tell how far the controls are lagging behind because the controls are directly linked, however with flyby wire and some versions of hydraulic control there is some lag that can easily confuse a pilot into over controlling the aircraft. If you try to fly an airplane that has a lot of control authority lag, you have to dampen your control inputs, and that does not come naturally. "Philip F. Oestricher was the first pilot to fly the YF-16. This occurred on 20 January 1974 during hi-speed taxi trials. He was a civilian employee of General Dynamics at the time" John G. Williams, a structural flight test engineer on the YF-16, recalls: During the first high-speed taxi test, a violent lateral oscillation had set in as a direct result of pilot-commanded oscillations (several maximum left/right commands) as the airplane <b>...</b>
S-2 C-2 C-38 C-130 F-4 F-16 U-2 Fighter Mishap Landing Flight Fly Bailout Eject USAF US Navy Pilot Plane Crash Airplane atfscrash
The film is of the STS-70/Discovery. I am inferring if the foam on STS-70/Discovery was damaged by wildlife, perhaps some wildlife damaged the Columbia. It's an extremely unlikely but a possibility In the past there has been problems with woodpeckers, pecking the foam on the space shuttle. It is doubtful that the Columbia's foam was damaged by woodpeckers in 2003, because NASA has gone to great lengths to prevent woodpeckers from damaging the foam. However they have had damage in the past from woodpeckers, is it possible that woodpeckers or bark beetles or something of that nature damaged the foam prior to take off? During the launch countdown for STS-70, scheduled to lift off on Memorial Day 1995, the launch team discovered that a pair of Northern Flicker woodpeckers (Colaptes auratus) were trying to burrow a nesting hole in the spray-on foam insulation (SOFI) of the shuttle External Tank (ET) on pad LC39-B. Flickers generally construct their nests in the soft wood of palm trees or dead trees, and initially found the SOFI to their liking. However, upon striking the aluminum skin of the ET beneath the SOFI layer, they would stop and move to another spot to try again. The birds were quite persistent, and continued to peck holes until there were at least 71 spots on the nose of the ET that could not be repaired at the pad. As a result, the launch management team decided that the stack had to be rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for repairs to the damaged <b>...</b>
Space Shuttle Columbia NASA Crash Explosion Foam Launch Cape Canaveral Florida Rocket STS-70 Discovery atfscrash
1920 Compania Franceză-Română pentru Navigaţia Aeriană 1954 TAROM SC Transporturile Aeriene Române SA (TAROM) este principala companie aeriană din România, cu o îndelungată tradiţie în domeniu. 2004 este primul an în care compania a avut profit, revenindu-şi după o perioadă foarte dificilă, în care a suferit pierderi din cauza rutelor neprofitabile. Începuturile TAROM îşi are originile în anul 1920. Acela a fost anul în care sa creat Compania Franco-Română Pentru Navigaţie Aeriană (CFRNA). Compania folosea avioane franceze POTEZ pentru a transporta călători, marfă şi poştă, de la Paris la Bucureşti, via multe oraşe din Europa. TAROM Boeing 737În 1925, oraşul Galaţi a devenit prima destinaţie internă românească pentru linia aeriană, iar în 1926, numele liniei a fost schimbat în Compania Internaţională De Navigaţie Aeriană (CIDNA). În 1930 numele a fost schimbat iar în LARES (Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat), iar în 1937, LARES a fuzionat cu principalul său adversar, SARTA (Societatea Română de Transporturi Aeriene). După al doilea război mondial Pe 8 august 1945, sa înfiinţat compania aeriană TARS (Transporturile Aeriene Româno-Sovietice). Compania era în subordinea atât a guvernului român, cât şi a celui sovietic. Începând cu data de 1 februarie 1946 au fost înfiinţate zboruri interne de la aeroportul Băneasa din Bucureşti. În data de 18 septembrie 1954 compania a devenit TAROM (Transporturile Aeriene ROMâne). În decurs de 6 ani compania a reuşit să se conecteze <b>...</b>
