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F-16, Small Plane Involved in Midair Collision Over South Carolina, FAA Says
ABC ^ | 07/07/2015 | By MEGHAN KENEALLY

Posted on 07/07/2015 9:53:32 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 07/07/2015 9:53:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
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2 posted on 07/07/2015 9:54:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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First in with... do you suppose the F16 was trying to take out the other plane?


3 posted on 07/07/2015 9:54:54 AM PDT by NEMDF
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SC Ping


4 posted on 07/07/2015 9:57:19 AM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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To: NEMDF

I don’t know. Was it flying a Confederate Flag?.................


5 posted on 07/07/2015 9:57:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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I’m going to assume that the F16 was on a military air route and wasn’t maneuvering inside airspace restricted to civilian aircraft... The C150 is obviously not at fault here as it is too slow to have come up on the F16,,, this is the equivalent of hitting a pedestrian in the crosswalk without even slowing down... My bet is that the F16 driver had his head inside the cockpit and not scanning outside.


6 posted on 07/07/2015 9:58:52 AM PDT by Neidermeyer ("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
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No radar?....................


7 posted on 07/07/2015 10:00:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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That's a 152 , This is a 150... older and no back window..
8 posted on 07/07/2015 10:02:07 AM PDT by Neidermeyer ("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
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I had not thought of that. Could be.....


9 posted on 07/07/2015 10:02:28 AM PDT by NEMDF
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Actual scale:


10 posted on 07/07/2015 10:04:34 AM PDT by FredZarguna (Now, which is bigger, Pluto or Goofy?)
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As to radar ,, radar is generally “passive” and doesn’t actually see things in the civilian world unless you are actively transmitting ... The C150 and F16 would likely be talking to different controllers... The C150 was likely IFR and not on a flight plan,, but should have had a transponder to show up on “radar” at the nearest “center”.. both had to have radios..


11 posted on 07/07/2015 10:07:36 AM PDT by Neidermeyer ("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
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Google’s Fault.......................


12 posted on 07/07/2015 10:08:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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Oops , IFR should have been VFR!


13 posted on 07/07/2015 10:09:14 AM PDT by Neidermeyer ("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
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To: NEMDF
First in with... do you suppose the F16 was trying to take out the other plane?

By ramming it? Don't they usually use guns or missiles to take out other aircraft?

14 posted on 07/07/2015 10:11:30 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Red Badger

Literally, a near miss.


15 posted on 07/07/2015 10:11:41 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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The f16 pilot is so screwed. Should not have happened with a high performance craft.


16 posted on 07/07/2015 10:11:47 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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Related?
17 posted on 07/07/2015 10:12:21 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Gamecock; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; A Strict Constructionist; ...
Thanks for the ping.

Here's a link to the USA Today article. It has a little more info.

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18 posted on 07/07/2015 10:18:49 AM PDT by upchuck (There is no coexisting with those who want to destroy us from within.)
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To: tacticalogic

I doubt this time. Controller had little to do with it as the Cessna was probably VFR. The only question was whether the Cessna had strayed into a military range area.


19 posted on 07/07/2015 10:19:19 AM PDT by Portcall24
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If the jet can’t see the reflection from a beer can Cessna, it certainly is not going to detect stealthy-ish enemy aircraft who have no transponder turned on.


20 posted on 07/07/2015 10:20:44 AM PDT by telstar12.5 (...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
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