[DeTomaso] NPC Fwd: F-16 vs Woodpecker

John Bentley (jab) jab at cisco.com
Fri Mar 30 17:57:10 EDT 2007


That was actually a Canadian RAF Hawk CT155202 and a large bird!

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/02/01/204464/video-nftc-ct-155
-hawk-pilots-eject-after-bird-strike.html

JB

 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Ken Green
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:08 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC Fwd: F-16 vs Woodpecker

If anyone wants to see this let me know and I will forward the video.
It's 2.6 MB
   
  Ken


  

                  Read the comments below, then watch...

      
Amazing 45 second sequence. You may have to replay to see the bird that
entered the engine. Go to large screen if you can.  This is footage from
the cockpit of an F-16. Cool reaction and professionalism of the two
pilots, including cockpit transmission with video.

F-16 engine ingests bird after takeoff at Tyndall AFB. Think you might
find it interesting to see a crash from the cockpit of an airplane. It
is an instructor pilot in the rear and a student in the front seat of an
F-16.

A "Bird Strike," as seen through the Heads Up Display (HUD).
You can see the bird flash by just prior to impacting the engine.
You can hear the aircraft voice warning system telling them they have a
problem and referring to the "D-6 NL" which means there is no engine
RPM.

They made two attempts to relight t he jet engine, but evidently there
was too much damage from the bird strike and they had to eject.  These
guys were very cool; note the heavy breathing... They certainly flew
longer than one would expect before ejecting. Airspeed can be observed
on the HUD's upper left corner. It goes down to the low 120's as they
struggle to get the engine going again, but as the plane noses over and
dives to earth it increases to at least 175 just before impact.

It just goes to show how quickly your day can go to pieces - 45 seconds
from strike to ejection. All and all, not bad. They ran the Emergency
Checklist, made two relight attempts, and picked out a plowed field for
impact before ejecting.

You can follow the audio attached to it and hear the conversation
between the pilot and instructor pilot and then the tower. Including the
pilot saying they were punching out. The tower didn't seem to completely
understand it all, and missed the significance of the last transmission.

The towers last radio call, he's talking to an empty aircraft. The video
continues until impact, even after they both eject. A classic "buying
the farm" as you can see the plow rows get bigger. A real nice job from
the aircrew by keeping their cool and turning the aircraft away from
populated areas. No one hurt and no one killed but the dirty bird did
cost the Taxpayers a "few" million dollars!

 





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