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To: smokingfrog

Low altitude training?

Sounds like they hit something.


4 posted on 02/24/2015 2:11:32 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Yeah. . .like a bird.

At 400kts+ a bird strike can kill you.


11 posted on 02/24/2015 5:33:02 AM PST by Hulka
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To: driftdiver
“One of them just said that a warning light went off and they didn’t have but a few seconds to make a decision,” Chandler Register said. “I guess when that warning light went off they had to make a choice, but that’s all they said.”
18 posted on 02/24/2015 8:25:58 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: driftdiver

I don’t think these planes are really made to go low and slow unless they are landing.

Hey guys, that Hornet is no replacement for an A-10 or an Apache


21 posted on 02/24/2015 9:14:02 AM PST by GeronL
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