What are the odds that they never find this jet?
What you say, Paper Champion? I'm gonna beat you like a dog, a dog, you hear me!
This would certainly explain why the 2nd plane didn't pursue/escort the 1st plane. It probably had to hobble back to base.FTAG 2000 said:aggiehawg said:
So was there another jet accompanying the one that's mssing? And it returned to base safely?LINKQuote:
One of the most sophisticated and expensive fighter jets in the world is missing somewhere in South Carolina after a pilot was forced to eject for an unknown reason while leaving his F-35 with stealth capabilities flying in a 'zombie state.'
The incident occurred over North Charleston around 2pm Sunday as two jets, worth around $100 million each, were flying side-by-side.
The pilot ejected and parachuted safely into a residential area. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition, said Maj. Melanie Salinas. The pilot's name has not been released.
Reading between the lines, I think they had a mid-air collision. The one who ejected thought the plane was going to crash so punched out.
It's a **** show, but what part of our military isn't under Milley?
Single seater.CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?
Good grief.Quote:
It's a **** show, but what part of our military isn't under Milley?
Ty. Good to know.FTAG 2000 said:Single-man jet.CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?
He had a wingman, but reading between the lines, that jet may have been damaged in a collision as well.
First priority for the wingman if one ejects in a situation like this would be to orbit and maintain visual on downed crew, not follow the jet to impact.
chickencoupe16 said:There is no question that he meant the Chinese captured the drone. Your confusion is that he never implied it was done with an American aircraft and that similar technology is real and not only found in movies.CanyonAg77 said:
So no answer as to what Bellard's Boys meant?
And scramble other jets when the partner is low on fuel to continue observations? So 15 hours and the military leaders are still...CSTXAg92 said:
The Daily Mail article posted above reports the pilot had the jet in auto-pilot when they ejected, and that for unknown reasons, the F-35's transponder wasn't working at that time. The article also reports there was another plane flying next to it at the time. The article says an F-35 has a range of up to 1,200 miles but it's unclear how much fuel was in the jet at the time that it went missing.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12530467/Mystery-deepens-missing-100m-stealth-fighter-officials-reveal-F-35-carried-flying-autopilot-zombie-mode-pilot-ejected-South-Carolina-no-evidence-jet-crashed.html
Here are my questions:
1) How and why did the transponder not work
2) Why didn't the other pilot follow the jet until it crashed, or just shoot it down to prevent it from crashing in a public place
3) Since another jet was flying along side the jet whose pilot ejected, using the fuel logs and flight info we should be able to calculate how far the jet could fly before running out of fuel and crashing.
Something's not right in this whole equation.
Tracked by what?12atm said:
Every plane is the sky is tracked, they know exactly where it is.
The wingman is in another plane...CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?
The Kraken said:Good grief.Quote:
It's a **** show, but what part of our military isn't under Milley?
Ag with kids said:The wingman is in another plane...CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?
CanyonAg77 said:chickencoupe16 said:There is no question that he meant the Chinese captured the drone. Your confusion is that he never implied it was done with an American aircraft and that similar technology is real and not only found in movies.CanyonAg77 said:
So no answer as to what Bellard's Boys meant?
Sorry for your lack of reading comprehension and/or sense of humor
CSTXAg92 said:Ag with kids said:The wingman is in another plane...CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?
Pookers said:
This is a psyop of some sort. Why would the military disclose this act of incompetence for all the world to see?
https://avgeekery.com/f-35-pilot-ejects-over-charleston-ends-up-at-a-house-for-help/Quote:
A Marine Corps F-35B pilot safely ejected from his stealth fighter jet this afternoon next to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Details are few as of now, but base PA has confirmed the incident.
Radio chatter said the pilot ejected at just a few thousand feet above the ground, with last radar contact a few miles northeast of Lake Moultrie. The pilot made it out safely, and then showed up a few miles away in a backyard of a residential neighborhood in North Charleston. The weather was horrible at the time of the accident, but unclear if that played any part.
chickencoupe16 said:CSTXAg92 said:Ag with kids said:The wingman is in another plane...CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?
Goose wasn't his wingman, he was the RIO.
Solo Tetherball Champ said:
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Someone has been very confused by Top Gun all these years. "Never leave your wing man " refers to another plane, not the guy flying in the jet with you.
aggiehawg said:
Anyone ever heard of this website? avegeekery?https://avgeekery.com/f-35-pilot-ejects-over-charleston-ends-up-at-a-house-for-help/Quote:
A Marine Corps F-35B pilot safely ejected from his stealth fighter jet this afternoon next to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Details are few as of now, but base PA has confirmed the incident.
Radio chatter said the pilot ejected at just a few thousand feet above the ground, with last radar contact a few miles northeast of Lake Moultrie. The pilot made it out safely, and then showed up a few miles away in a backyard of a residential neighborhood in North Charleston. The weather was horrible at the time of the accident, but unclear if that played any part.
Goose was a RIO.CSTXAg92 said:Ag with kids said:The wingman is in another plane...CSTXAg92 said:
Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?
Reminds me of the stupid spy balloon incident earlier this year and the weeklong circlejerk of shooting down UAPs that were never recovered.Pookers said:
This is a psyop of some sort. Why would the military disclose this act of incompetence for all the world to see?