Pilot Ejects From Thunderbird - Ground View

[vinskiize]

that's one crazy ass landing

[BloodThirsty1986]

it was wrong the pilot !

[TheCordog]

They should call it the unemployment cord rather than the ejection cord.

[boundaryzero]

@TheCordog Chris Stricklin was flying a desk after this incident....

[electricrobot]

Your tax dollars at work

[Shadowbeast7865]

Lol the music is still playing in the background

[hottfuzz2]

KNOCK IT OFF BILLY STOP PESTERING THOSE DAMN MIG'S FROM DOWN THE STREET

[darkerego]

Woah

[MonkeySlave460]

knock it off!

[Postie218]

desk job

[codja88]

Knock it off...

[coviron21]

what does knock it of mean ? radio silence or everybody land ??

[skyyguyy]

@coviron21 Cease/abort/break-off/stop all aerial-maneuvering and rendezvous/regroup at a predetermined safe-zone.

[geobenne]

@coviron21 His other pilot buddies started to give him a hard time about crashing and the control tower was having trouble communicating with him.

[paulman92]

@coviron21 "Knock it off" is a term used by the Air Force to say there is an immediate threat or something has gone wrong and whatever the people are doing needs to be ceased immediately. So in that case, it would mean for the Thunderbirds to stop their routine.

[TheBinary000]

The strongest and heaviest part of the plane (engine) just keeps going and going.

[GussetMonkey]

@rubberbandman200 lol, that from a septic

[handsupbud]

Everyone here is a dumbass...me included.

[PaterFrog]

I wonder wether the crash was far away enough that the sound didn't reach the camera by the time the vid got cut of?

[GussetMonkey]

Why stick a yank in an aeroplane????? We all know it's gonna go tits up

[ronansher]

@GussetMonkey And im sure your a much better pilot than every else is.

[GussetMonkey]

@ronansher I'm not, but thanks for the compliment

[ronansher]

@GussetMonkey Don't mention it friend :)

[JoshHartNow]

@GussetMonkey Are you sure you can speak English?

[GussetMonkey]

@JoshHartNow yes

[TheBinary000]

@GussetMonkey "Knock It Off"

[AhmedAdel2852009]

Egyptians made that Split S on 3000 feet using RUBBISH RUSSIAN MIG -21`s on 6 october war 1973 against Israel !!! i can`t believe how this American pilot Failed that bad doing it !!! /watch?v=sFO-jQ1Iutk

[zeek997733]

@AhmedAdel2852009 His altimeter was off so therefore didnt put enough input on on the stick until it was too late... Hope this cleared things up...

[Zoltaaan]

I dont get why they make stupid people pilots.

I take that back if they were trying to see what going straight up would do right after take off without enough speed..

But that sounds like a waste of (just a guess) millions of dollars to me.

[sairavitej]

stupid americans

[apgully47]

@sairavitej We're just more ballsy than you

[sairavitej]

@apgully47 -oh c'mon u get fucked royally.......all the time hahahahaaaaaaa!!!

[unapro3]

@thomjake well you need to ask your Dad to explain why an aircraft stalls. Sure, a lot of aircraft do stall at low speeds but that is because the slower the speed the higher the angle of attack needs to be to stay level. So as the plane starts slowing it starts to descend. The pilot pulls back which increases angle of attack. If he keeps pulling back the angle of attack will exceed that at which it can keep flying and will stall.

[VampiresDoRule]

Sound like theyre in an auction

1 knock it off

2 knock it off

4

5 knock it off

[Cougar139tweak]

@VampiresDoRule  SOLD!

[jeandelenfant]

the crashing plane looks like naplam strike.

I played too much black ops

[mitch019850]

@jeandelenfant That's because it basically is lol

[KingOfBanks]

I doubt these experienced pilots forget to factor air-density in terms of aircraft performance, besides Indicated Airspeed (IAS) is a measure of dynamic pressure not speed so he would have flown the manouver at the same IAS he always did. If he forgot to set the QNH/QFE on the altimiter, that would have lead him to pulling out of the dive harder than normal, exceeding the critical angle resulting in a stall. F16 computers don't allow pitch down elevator in a stall = poor recovery times. See 0:29

[shaneclark121]

The pilot performed this exact maneuver that morning and did not crash. the reason he crashed is because it was the afternoon and the air temp went up and changed the air density.

[PARTYjohn69]

@thomjake Please don't take it the wrong way, it's just basic aeronautical physics. Youtube won't allow me to give you a long detailed explanation, just ask your dad to explain to you what 'angle of attack' is with reference to stalling.

[PARTYjohn69]

@thomjake read what bigsmedly wrote below, size of a plane and speed will not determine a stall and you haven't even mentioned wingloading etc

[trechan]

Well there are several factors to just about any aircraft accident but just remember, it was pilot-error.

[renkn]

This was no stall. His altimeter was not set to the correct elevation and it was showing he was higher off the ground than he actually was.

[BrothersGroove]

@renkn Finally, somebody who has done the research! Good job!

[bigsmedly]

what a dipshit

[MrGhostwhowalks]

This guy should not walk away from this accident feeling so bad. I read some military report on the accident & he was set up for accident by way of 'negative transfer' - his home airport was 1000' higher - an incidental miscalculation of instruments settings as likley cause. All pilots should take away from this that even the best can make a mistake. Glad he wasn't badly injured.

[BrothersGroove]

@MrGhostwhowalks I very much agree.

[RainbowManification]

Damn it gravity, you are a pain in the ass.

[ItsTimothy]

ejected just in time. lucky bitch =)

[brazinskicab]

the pilot ejects with the seat, then his parachute pulls him off.

[razor005]

@devanoo2 How could it be a stall if he had plenty of speed? You can only stall at a low speed when the wings cant generate enough lift to keep the aircraft in the air.

[devanoo2]

@razor005 i know what a stall is

[bigsmedly]

@razor005 You can stall at any arispeed and attitude. Its all about angle of attack...exceed it and you stall, even at 200 knots

[PARTYjohn69]

@bigsmedly LOL all these so called experts and you're the only one who actually knows what you're talking about. Anyone who disagrees with what you just said obviously has never flown before or understands the basic principles of aeronautics.

[monkey08642]

does he survive??? i didnt see a parachute, was that his seat tumbling across the ground at the end??

[EXOTEAMPRODUCTIONS]

@monkey08642 yea he was fine i think and no i think that was the turbine at the end...i think though actualy it was proboly destroyed on impact tbh but to answear you question he was fine

[wookieinheat]

@monkey08642 yes he survives, and no that is not his seat, that is a flaming jet engine tumbling across the ground.

[SeethingGreen]

Taxpaers' money well spent.

[TreyHWood]

FLY NAVY!

[pilotjanmanpeterpan]

wow the music made it so exciting

[Langfordc]

Damn...right on the runway too. That would be the FOD-walk from HELL!! LOL

[TheLawlawl]

THUINDER BIRD KNOCK IT OFF!!!!

[TheLawlawl]

SHIT SPELLED IT WRONg

[marco21falcon]

@TheLawlawl Say thunderbird knockin off

[danagal79]

altitude is ur bes friend, this guy was thinking he's in charge

[ilikeapplepie1]

shit happens

[pcjoel999]

apart from the the red arrows are the best in the world and fly within 3 feet of each other!

[donnyab]

I am sure that will end after two of them crash into each other which will inevitably happen because that is what testosterone achieves generally speaking

[pcjoel999]

there have been crashes before, but nothing major, and it will stay like that....they will always fly like that,,,,,,,the training they recieve before doing it is so intense!

[marco21falcon]

@donnyab Stupid girl. There are women thunderbirds now

[TheFudgeFlyer]

hahh even the blue angels admitted that they were impressed by the tight formation flying of the Red Arrows. Blue angels arent allowed to get within 3ft of eachother....its not coz of health and safety its just coz they have no balls. RED ARROWS rule :D

[Xberto83]

nice reaction!

[loopylawrence]

It is a well known fact that the RAF Red Arrows are the best areobatic display team in the world and they do slightly more than little loops you american ass faggot. get your facts right!

[Drsmallshit]

you never fly off interments foool

[PukkPukk]

nicely done

[2TRUgamer]

Thunderbirds are go...oh wait hang on...BOOOOOOM

But seriously i hope that guy was okay

[joelwhitaker]

He was....put on a charge and kicked out of the team!

[2TRUgamer]

lols lucky guy

[bill3rdshift]

I believe the story about him not setting his altimeter to the correct barometric pressure. Normal is 29.92 inch of mercury but any given day it is lower or higher.

What I don't understand is why did he get an engine fire. It almost looked like he hit a bird or something (I could be wrong though).

Does anyone know why he got an Engine Fire?

[cevjo]

flying sparks were the reason after the plane scratched the ground

you mean at 0:32 its the pilot..he was ejecting

[panictactics]

Clown.

[joelwhitaker]

hat was him ejecting....and it was the wrong altimeter setting...he set it using sea level not ground level....got put on a charge and kicked out of the team due to pilot error...his fault!

[CNCRoadKill]

That Wasnt In The Script

But I Like It, Glad He Ejected btw

[sgarlic1]

Knock it off = Stop what you're doing, evaluate what's going on around you, and get safe.

The T-birds always use very precise radio talk to time their movements. What you're hearing at the end is the flight lead saying "Thunderbirds knock it off" .. then hearing T-bird 1 say "1 knock it off" then t-bird 2 says "2 knock it off" .. they are acknowledging the knock it off call. They are just so precise, they do it back to back in order 1, 2, 3, 4.

[kickZtailout]

You can tell right away that he rolled inverted too soon. He just barely missed the altitude, but it was enough. What's a real bummer for me is now they are NO conservative going into the Split S ever since this incident. They climb so much now that the maneuver has little danger factor from the ground perspective. To make it look dangerous they simply relax the G during the last half of the Split S now.

[tubist2525]

I read somewhere here that the pilot did not set the altimeter right... can anyone confirm?

[Larg127]

You're 100% correct. It was an extremely busy week for the T-birds that week flying form Nellis in Vegas to Reno, to Mountain Home. The Slot (6) failed to reset his Altimiter to Mountain Home and had it set for Nellis. You hear him call out "TOP 35" which means 3500ft when infact he was only ~2600 ABG. Even the best make mistakes sometimes.

[wookieinheat]

you would think the altimeter would be taken care of automatically by gps

[moonunitenar]

um, gps has nothing to do with the altimeter...

[wookieinheat]

@moonunitenar

um, didn't mean the altitude was found using gps genius.

a computer could easily set the correct altimeter settings as per the aircrafts location was what i meant.

[wookieinheat]

@moonunitenar

this crash happened because of an incorrect altimeter setting, the pilot thought he was a thousand feet higher then he actually was. so i am not sure what you are talking about when you say this jets altimeter doesn't need to be set.

[dav61474]

@moonunitenar the barometer had to much input from the altimeter.

[VMFA115Starloric]

How do you know?

[joelwhitaker]

My dad is in the RAF as a chief technician.....they had to study this crash and compare it to ones they had dealt with.

[abagnalejr123]

search for "Thunderbirds Eject/Crash -- How It Happened". It explains everything here.

[abagnalejr123]

"Knock it off" guys, this is serious stuff!

;))

I wonder if all the guys saying "knock it off" were the real deal, or if one of them was "filling in" for the guy who'd crashed, coz there wasn't a number missing!

Yeah, yeah. I'm joking, O.K.? before some bright spark comes up with. . . .

[RDG21586]

Best and brightest...

[chrismodiano]

go fuck your mother

[jj0150484]

I think one or two ejections is all the human spine can handle...he probably is doing a desk job but not for the accident. That is their job to push the F16 to the limit so the tax payer knows what he got for his X amount million dollars. This stuff happens and we can only be thankful the pilot lived.

[thebravestpoo]

Im in the ATC, and whilst in the air in a GROB TUTOR my pilot said that every ejection a pilot makes it reduces his spine by 2cm

[joelwhitaker]

he was kicked out of the team.....and put on a charge

[marko308]

That guy now polishes shoes for a living!

[zaction]

Better than polishing knobs like you do ;)

[StueyBaby]

no time to be 'knocking off' guys, got a pilot to save!

[chuanist]

'Knock it off' means end the stunt routine and clear the area.

[tackhead1111]

I just hope the pilot lived. peace

[wyo7011]

He had minor injuries and was awarded a desk job at the pentagon for his actions.

[tittytwister5251]

he crashed a plane cause he took it too low.. thats not a good thing lol

[ImYourRealDad]

he actually didn't adjust his altimeter to the airfield he was displaying at so as soon as he took off and looked at his height he was way off! So he ended up up coming out of the loop a couple hundred feet short of what he should've!

[joelwhitaker]

correct....was short by 400 feet of recovery space!

[mad1058]

looks like his flying career is over

[joesingle]

You guys are all sick faggots, loosers, and low class scum! To wish some person dead is degrading! I wish you people were aborted before you were born!!!!!!!!

[joesingle]

Asshole!

[jwboll]

I've never tried human beans, but brown beans with pork are delicious!

[barnesj89]

so how would you like it, in the head or chest?

[kylecorreia]

umm yea i totally agree well not totally i think wishing abortion on someone before they were born is just as bad ..on another not y was everyone say knock it off on the radios after the crash?

[n3tfury]

shut it, faggot.

[paddyash]

you fucking jebend

[darkinvader00]

shame you dont shut the fuck up when u need to.

[Bra55Monkey]

What are they saying 'knock it off' for?

[mumu1221]

yeah does anyone one know thy the fuck they all just started saying "knock it off" all at once at the end?

[beavbo1]

"knock it off" is standard phraseology for military pilots used when performing maneuvers in formation and something is not right. Short, to-the-point, and plenty of time for explanation later.  Sounds like one of the other Thunderbirds was just letting all the pilots know its time to quit with the aerobatics.

[beavbo1]

"Knock it off" is a standard military pilot phrase used while flying formation to let everyone know to quit whatever maneuver they're doing. Short, to-the-point, plenty of time for explanation later when all is safe again. Sounds like one of the members was just telling everyone to quit all the aerobatics.

[OlegStrk]

Thunderbird is a name of the american pilotage group, like russian knights or patroul da France /sorry for spelling/.

[chocoboy38]

thats an f16 not thunderbird

[prash99]

that is fuct

[Dominic408]

i hope he's ok

[jyotinaylor]

He ejected.

[mosquito1983]

really?

[asecretthreat]

@jyotinaylor o rly