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Although I didn't know them, my thoughts are obviously with their families.
RIP shipmates and Marines.....
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RIP shipmates and Marines.....
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It was always a good day when you saw that Charlie Mac was your pilot.
WillieDynamite
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Wow. Sad news.
One fourth of all Navy T-39N planes have now crashed. None have had survivors. Hate the day I get to flight school and have to board that bird.
One fourth of all Navy T-39N planes have now crashed. None have had survivors. Hate the day I get to flight school and have to board that bird.
Give it a rest. Four planes down in ten years (two of which were one mid-air) hardly makes it a dangerous airplane.
^^What they said. That statistic only sounds "impressive" in a news article because there are so few T-39s around to begin with.
Why don't you worry about getting there first, kid? There are aviation safety officers down in Pensacola who just lost friends and coworkers. Those very people are now having to pick through the wreckage and conduct an investigation so maybe, just maybe, we can figure out what happened and . . . oh, I don't know. Maybe NOT LOSE SOMEONE ELSE?
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt because of your profile, as it proves that you're clueless to the fact that you're talking out of your ass. I worked with those very officers until just a few months ago, along with the mishap crew. I'd have to check my logbook to be sure, but chances are I've got flight time in that jet.
OK, great, so that means I'm just beating my chest at how I've got inside gouge about it all went down, huh? No, I'm not and I don't. I don't have a damn clue. If I did, I'd be sharing it with the mishap board, not here. But the idea that the men and women in VT-86 and Naval Aviation as a whole would allow ourselves and our squadronmates to fly an aircraft which is so unsafe that you would rue the day you even got orders to it is an insult to the professionalism of the fraternity you claim to hope to join. I know you didn't mean it, but for crying out loud, consider your audience before you post.
Life is not perfect. Mishaps happen and sometimes people are killed. Flying aircraft the way we do in the environments we do, with the funding we have has risks. We do the best we can to mitigate these risks. Our mishap rate is minuscule compared to what it used to be when guys like A4s took to the air, because we LEARN FROM WHAT WENT WRONG. Life is not a Hollywood movie, and therefore Naval Aviation doesn't go into spontaneous cover-our-ass conspiracy mode every time something goes wrong. We figure out what went down and we fix it.
^^agreed. The article states there were only 15 planes ordered in the 90s.. 4/15 planes.. 20 years .. with as many events that are flown in those planes makes it as (or less) dangerous than any other navy platform.
Wrong. By making the following statement, you disrespected me, my plane and my profession:
Statistics are just that; derived to represent something. If you know anything about statistics, you can make them say just about anything. Bottom line: "Correlation does not imply causation".
For disrespecting a fellow Officer, you can enjoy a week vacation. Please take some time and think about what you've said and how it was received and learn a lesson.
-ea6bflyr
"Hate the Day...High Horse.. Asshole." Talk about being a tool -1(since I cant give you neg rep, I just want to reiterate your a tool). Your going to be the guy that's tolerated by few, and hated by all. Good luck in trying to get through the pipeline.
Well, that hadn't happened in a while. Its always amusing to watch such a spectacular shit show get his comeuppance - too bad he picked this thread to do it with.
Dude, if you had only a shred of common sense you would know not to post a statement like that on a thread full of gentlemen who were friends with the crew. Folks are paying their respects on here and you are making it all about you. Like was mentioned earlier, you haven't done shit so keep your mouth shut.