Vprdrvr69 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Very tragic day for military aviation. Just after a Thunderbird crash earlier today. Thoughts and prayers to the family. Nickel in the grass. https://www.rt.com/usa/345242-blue-angels-plane-crash/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Vaya con Dios, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fud Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Looks like he didn't eject to avoid an apartment building. Nickel in the grass, but a selfless move for sure. Prayers for his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 The comments section below the article is downright pathetic. Few people are even appreciative of the freedom that Capt. Kuss fought for. We are living in modern day Rome... Semper Fi brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vprdrvr69 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 28 minutes ago, Duck said: The comments section below the article is downright pathetic. Few people are even appreciative of the freedom that Capt. Kuss fought for. We are living in modern day Rome... Semper Fi brother! Wow...I just went back and reread the comments section. Truly disgusting and sadly somewhat representative of what's happening to our country. I just read a story about Lt Gen Boykin and Ft Riley that had me shaking my head as well. I'll save that for another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossHarris Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 You mean the comments from the masses on "Russia today" aren't overwhelmingly sympathetic and pro-us? shocking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Nickel on the grass. RIP Gold Winged brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire4effect Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Anybody know what the class A mishap rate is for the F-18 for say the last 10 years? Sounds eerily similar to the Beaufort SC crash of the Blue Angel's #6 in 2007. Not to mention a couple of mishaps that were dual engine failures with ground fatalities. So much for dual engine redundancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazmo Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 The 2007 crash was attributed to low-level G-lock. Only time will tell what caused this one, but it was explained in an article (how accurate it is of course is questionable), that he was performing a low-transition/split-s manuever. Could have been G-lock. Could've been the wrong altimeter setting (Thunderbirds at Mt Home?). Of course we do know the Blues don't wear G-suits. If they attribute this to G-lock, again, I hope they reconsider their practices. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 G-induced Loss Of Consciousness = GLOC (Just because reading "G-lock" 3 times made my eye twitch.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Look up "class act" in the dictionary and you'll find the Snowbirds. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkbum Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Look up "class act" in the dictionary and you'll find the Snowbirds. Breitling Jet team honored Capt Kuss at the airshow Sunday. I drove by the crash site today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Damn, I can't tell if the spiraling is intentional or the aircraft departing controlled flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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