You’re supposed to pull up when the ground is in front of you lol
“ALTITUDE ALTITUDE PULL UP PULL UP CAUTION CAUTION”
I don’t listen to women, even robot women.Terrain terrain
50, 40, 20,
yeah i’m not saying it.
This was such a common problem that the air force had to develop a system that would recognize when the F-16 is on course to hit the ground and pulls out automatically. Pilots were passing out due to the forces and just lawn darting into the ground before that.
air force had to develop a system that would recognize when the F-16 is on course to hit the ground and pulls out automatically
I thought you were joking
USAF estimates 75 percent of F-16 fatalities are caused by CFIT, as well as 26 percent of aircraft losses.
Yup lmao
they just put out a video lmao https://youtube.com/watch?v=WkZGL7RQBVw
i get why though cause hearing the point guy freaking the fuck out and then seeing the system save wingman’s ass had the entire comment section clapping like seals.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
i guess i can’t delete now
More to come.
Damn, I should read the comments before replying
Variety is the spice of life tho!
More [crashes] to come
F-15 pilots had a nickname for the F-16: the lawn dart
That was also the German nickname for the F-104, and i’m expecting somebody to barge in and inform us that the F-35 has been called that for a decade now.
The F-104 had the best nicknames, all related to how it loved to kill it’s pilots
Zipper; “Missile With A Man In It”; Witwenmacher “Widowmaker” (Bundesluftwaffe nickname); Flying Coffin; Ground Nail; Bullet & Blades; Badmash “Wicked One” (Pakistani nickname for F-104As), Eiko “Glory” (Japanese nickname for F-104Js), Spaghetti Starfighter (Italian nickname for F-104S-ASAs.)
The Luftwaffe also called it Sargfighter, after the German word for coffin.
My favourite by far is “Aluminum Death Tube” by Canadian RCAF pilots
Flying Coffin
Oh hey, it’s a me, Лакированный Гарантированный Гроб (guaranteed varnished coffin)
jesus, the japanese nickname is grim after reading all the others before it.
The Italians were still flying them up until 2004.
Introduction date: 20 February 1958 (United States)
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31 October 2004 (Italian Air Force)
The Italians took possession of theirs in '62 and lost 147 of them in accidents over the next 42 years. They were crashing just over 3.25 of these a year for almost half a century. That’s some dedication to killing pilots
You’d think they’d give it a hardcore nickname like “the (fucking) death machine” but instead…
Spaghetti Starfighter (Italian nickname for F-104S-ASAs.)
Italians not beating the stereotypes on this one
I thought that said F-150 and I was trying to figure out why the fire is so far away from the road
Bad news, everyone: The pilot survived
just mean the pilot has the opportunity to bring down another plane.
Critical support.
The McCain school of flying.
The stress of having to face a foe that can punch back has Amerikkkan sailors jumping off ships and Amerikkkan fighter jets falling from the sky.
you can’t park there
That poor tree
Guys stop joking avout this f16s only do this when they’re really distressed
Nature is healing
