Wingman...off/beside your wing in another aircraft =/= sitting in you back seat. Different people, different functions.
BREAKING: The F-35 has been found! pic.twitter.com/plKP0HwK97
— Eric Spracklen🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) September 18, 2023
#F35 #avgeek pic.twitter.com/pEExwYuvam
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Ah, got it.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.
One report I posted a few hours ago said th pilot ejected at a few thousand feet, so I assume it was losing altitude at a higher rate than a glide path. But if that Daily Mail article is accurate and it was lfying that low, someone on the ground had to have seen it or heard. Pilot landed in a residential area. It was a Sunday afternoon wth some rainstorms moving in though.Ag_of_08 said:
There have been planes glide in for landings after elections. It certainly isn't helping, but a loss of canopy shouldn't instantly destroy the aircrafts ability to fly, especially as advanced as the stabilization system and fly by wire is on an f35.
HtownAg92 said:
For you fighter jocks -- wouldn't a jet crash before running out of fuel after pilot ejection due to the ejection? It seems like the loss of the canopy would cause all kinds of flight and aerodynamic issues
Ag_of_08 said:
There have been planes glide in for landings after elections. It certainly isn't helping, but a loss of canopy shouldn't instantly destroy the aircrafts ability to fly, especially as advanced as the stabilization system and fly by wire is on an f35.
Ag_of_08 said:
There have been planes glide in for landings after elections.
This brilliant post will be lost with some of the younger crowd.Emotional Support Cobra said: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.
Dear Penthouse Forum,
I never thought it would happen to me, but there I was, standing at the kit hen sink in a cotton sundress, bare feet, with my down hair in waves, when in my doorway appeared a handsome fighter pilot claiming he had ejected from his plane and needed assistance...
But it can only land at 3 am.AgGrad99 said:Ag_of_08 said:
There have been planes glide in for landings after elections.
So it might stay up there until 2024??
BREAKING: U.S. officials have ordered a 2-day stand down for all military aviation inside as well as outside the United States after an F-35 jet went missing in South Carolina.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 18, 2023
This keeps getting more bizarre.
According to ABC News, "no units are allowed to fly" unless there is… pic.twitter.com/SuIv7x0N1K
Electronic warfar?aggiehawg said:
All military aviation? WTH is going on here?
Maybe but could it be that directed to only military jets and not affect commercial aviation in the area? Isn't the base landing strip not too far from the regular airport?Pookers said:Electronic warfar?aggiehawg said:
All military aviation? WTH is going on here?
45-70Ag said:BREAKING: U.S. officials have ordered a 2-day stand down for all military aviation inside as well as outside the United States after an F-35 jet went missing in South Carolina.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 18, 2023
This keeps getting more bizarre.
According to ABC News, "no units are allowed to fly" unless there is… pic.twitter.com/SuIv7x0N1K
ADS-B Exchange shows over 250 military flights of all types currently over US...aggiehawg said:
All military aviation? WTH is going on here?
Gator92 said:
There is a military King Air circling a remote area west of Hemingway, SC...
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