• Fighter Jet Crashes at Airshow at Alberta Airport
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[QUOTE]Canadian Forces pilot was in a southern Alberta hospital with undetermined injuries after his CF-18 fighter jet crashed Friday during practice for an air show at the Lethbridge airport. Capt. Brian Bews, 36, was flying the plane in advance of this weekend's Alberta International Airshow in Lethbridge. "He is alive and we believe right now that his injuries are non-life-threatening," Canadian Forces Capt. Nicole Meszaros told CBC News. Witnesses said the pilot was doing low manoeuvres when he had to eject and parachute to the ground at about 12:20 p.m. MT. "I noticed it start to bank a little bit off to one side, which I kind of thought was unusual and I saw a couple of pops and all of a sudden this plane just banked and slowly dropped into the ground into this huge orange ball of fire," said photographer Ian Martens. "For a time there, it kind of looked like he was unconscious. The parachute was just pulling him off across the ground but he landed clear of the plane." "I saw the jet flying back and forth doing air acrobatic stunts and whatnot," said Ray Cooper, who was driving past the airport on his way to work. "The jet went across to go down in the airport area and next thing I know — boom! The area has been cordoned off for an investigation by the federal departments of National Defence and Transportation. The public was in no danger, said RCMP Insp. Joe McGeough. Bews' home base is 3 Wing, from CFB Bagotville in Quebec. He was flying a CF-18 Hornet specifically designated to fly at air shows, Meszaros said. Bews, who is from Eatonia, Sask., learned how to fly in Okotoks, Alta. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1999 and has been piloting the CF-18 Hornet since 2004. The air show, which is in its 19th year, will go ahead as scheduled on Saturday and Sunday in Lethbridge, which is more than 200 kilometres south of Calgary. The Canadian government announced last week that it plans to spend $9 billion to purchase a new generation of fighter jets, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. They will replace the aging fleet of CF-18s that recently underwent a $2.6-billion upgrade. [/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/07/23/lethbridge-crash-cf18-airshow-military-plane-alberta.html"]Source[/URL] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3661087/fa18crash.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/3316236.bin?size=620x400[/IMG]
I'm really glad he's okay. That sort of shit is dangerous. :unsmith:
Holy shit at that picture.
Right after they buy a bunch of airplanes lol. It's a sign.
Don't Russians usually get the crashes going in the airshows?
Shitty because tomorrow I am going to an airshow. Blue Angels
Was this the Century hornet? If so, that's a damn shame since it looked badass. This one: [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3682998644_fc5f865249.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;23578195]Was this the Century hornet? If so, that's a damn shame since it looked badass. This one: [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3682998644_fc5f865249.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] No, it's was a regular one in Air Force Livery Also it looks like the idiot stalled his jet
[QUOTE=STREWTH_99;23578195]Was this the Century hornet? If so, that's a damn shame since it looked badass. This one: [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3682998644_fc5f865249.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] No, it wasn't. I added a picture to the OP.
i was there
[QUOTE=lum1naire;23578648]i was there[/QUOTE] I was the pilot
[QUOTE=Sir Tristan;23578673]I was the pilot[/QUOTE] i was the jet... :sigh:
[QUOTE=Sir Tristan;23578673]I was the pilot[/QUOTE] I was the plane [editline]09:33PM[/editline] Damn fucking ninja
Hearts all round.
[QUOTE=OogalaBoogal][IMG]http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/3316236.bin?size=620x400[/IMG][/QUOTE] He will totally show this to his grandchildren and be like :smugdog:
[IMG]http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/3316236.bin?size=620x400[/IMG] I know shit was dangerous but in a different context holy shit that would be awesome.
[QUOTE=Broseph_;23578301]No, it's was a regular one in Air Force Livery Also it looks like the idiot stalled his jet[/QUOTE] No it doesn't. You weren't there, therefore you can not decide what it "looked" like.
That's a big fucking explosion.
Is there a video?
it looks like he was parachuting right into the flames. how did he survive the heat?
Looks like those CF-18s are starting to show their age. [editline]07:06PM[/editline] At least we won't have another repeat of what the Trudeau government did to the Canadian Forces.
[QUOTE=Uberkitty;23578934]Is there a video?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/07/23/vo.ca.jet.crash.globalnews?hpt=T2[/url] [editline]10:32PM[/editline] holy shit, he ejected like three seconds before it crashed
He didn't stall it, well he did, but on purpose. The reason he crashed is just because he is inept at high alpha and couldn't keep the stall controlled.
[QUOTE=Broseph_;23578301]No, it's was a regular one in Air Force Livery Also it looks like the idiot stalled his jet[/QUOTE] "Idiot"? You probably wouldn't even be able to get a CF-18 in the air, much less do the aerobatics this guy was doing when he went down.
[img]http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739045.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739047.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/900/james-cheng/4739190.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=MiX-A;23578845]That's a big fucking explosion.[/QUOTE] One of the few cases where action movies can claim realism
[QUOTE=JDK721;23579213]it looks like he was parachuting right into the flames. how did he survive the heat?[/QUOTE] It looks like he's facing away from the flames to me.
[QUOTE=Viephemeral;23578785]No it doesn't. You weren't there, therefore you can not decide what it "looked" like.[/QUOTE] uh there's only one Century Hornet, if that one crashed they'd have said so
'Tis a waste of money, at least no one was hurt. [QUOTE=evilweazel;23578692]i was the jet... :sigh:[/QUOTE] I was the explosion.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEjDVjQfEKI[/media] I'm confused as to why it suddenly stalled.
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