YES it looked cool, but YES he could have also died. but he didnt. after the fireball cleared, and cpt. stricklin could be seen through the smoke, raising his arms to the sky, the crowd started clapping. how many people can say they saw a fighting falcon hit the ground and explode!?
DON'T READ THIS!In 1971 a guy named Kyle and his girlfriend Emily were in side a house that was said to claim peoples lives if they entered the house.The next morning a guy named Alex saw fingernail marks on the door.if you dont post this to 5 videos, you'll be getting a visit from Kyle and Emily tonight!WARNING:this has been proved to be real,i value my life!whoever reads this may God be with you! I TRULY DO APOLOGIZE!!! PS i got this from another vid
@bobproductions455 Have a little respect, that guy has had years of training to fly a jet and he makes a mistake, that hurts. he could of been killed in the so called "dream" job of the Air Force.
He suddenly losses power? Man, you americans always lie when it comes to these kind of programs. Always trying to look cool or innocent en trying to keep up steriotypes.
@streetstream Why do Europeans always have to be jerks and attempt to lump all Americans into some sort of stereotype? It was just some dumbass TV show host. I have watched the show before and he never knows what he is talking about. I guess eurolanders must think it's cool to rag on a group of people they know nothing about.
@blademaker22 We rag on you guys. Try reading some comments made by US nationals. They always act like they are the best and every country is there to be made fun of. Try watching one american show that talks about foreigners without the use of stereotypes.
Just watched a video on liveleak about people protesting in the US against their government. You should look at it and see what image you present to the world. One hint, it's the video about liberal communist (yes that's what it states).
@streetstream Try citing one example of a mainstream American TV show that stereotypes foreigners as you describe. On the other hand, I just read a news story about a bunch of lazy Belgian union workers who injured 12 police officers in a violent protest a couple months ago because your bankrupt government finally decided that it could no longer afford to pander to the union's excessive demands for handouts from the taxpayers. You should see the image you present to the world.
@blademaker22 See, that's were you have it wrong. When i make a remark about a show (like this one) making dumb comments about your people, it is your show. Now you try and compare that with one of your media (not ours) talking about us. It doesn't work like that. And on a side note, your country's finatial state is worse than ours. Or did you forget who started this mess.
And see how your minds are F-ed up. Your TV show got it wrong and when we point it out, we are the bad guys.
Correction: You made a derogatory blanket statement about the dishonesty and arrogance of all U.S. citizens based on that fact that a silly TV show host was uninformed on the cause of a crash at an airshow. I believe that would make YOU the badguy. I picked the union protest story as an example of how easy (and absurd) it is to cherrypick information and make sweeping generalizations about someone else's culture. Your responses have illustrated my point nicely. Thank you.
@blademaker22 Correction: you act like this is the only time you lie to make yourselfs look good. Bin laden used a woman as a shoeld, and what do you know it's not true. jessica lynch was saved by american troops out of a hospital and what do you know, another lie.
Don't try and play this of as a one time deal by a stupid show. And try and grasp the fact that you article was writen by americans, not us. We did not try and change fact to make us look good. You guys constantly do.
Again with the sweeping generalizations. There is propaganda on both sides. The problem seems to be that you are unusually succeptible to anti-American propaganda. Your government (along with most European governments) feels threatened by the fact that we have more freedoms than you. They are afraid of losing power, so they brainwash you into believing that we are evil. Free-thinking citizens are more dangerous to an overreaching government than brainwashed subjects.
@blademaker22 More freedom? What exacly except buying weapons (which we all know is a great thing with all those kids shooting up schools) do you have above me? Tell me.
And brainwashing? If there is one government that does that, it's yours. Or was those WMD's in Iraq a reality?
How's the strict gun laws working for you? Just like they are in the UK I would imagine. Law abiding citizens lose gun ownership rights and violent crime goes up. Happens every time. Whats even more worrisome though, is that every single major government overreach is preceded by a disarming of the populace. It's tyranny 101. It has worked very well for many tyrants. Perhaps you are familiar with one of them. Hint: his name starts with "A" and it ends with "dolf Hitler".
@blademaker22 So i ask you to name one freedom other then gun ownership and you come up with......wait for it.... gun ownership. And by the way. It's not as bad as you think. Even with some restrictive laws, we own a gun. And no, not a toy one.
We are (more) free from socialist wealth redistribution designed to create a government-dependant permanent underclass. We are sovereign and not subject to the EU. We are free to defend ourselves and our property from criminals. You can't even use pepper spray, let alone a firearm to defend your family. We also have a president instead of a king. You are subject to economy-stifling energy regulation under the guise of preventing climate change. Your freedom is an illusion.
@blademaker22 Your freedom of socia wealth distribution is creating a poor claas that is an embarrassment for your country. Your structure of states and the federal nation is much like the EU. We defend ourselves against criminals too, and if you look up some promenent cases, the person killing the criminals (even a shot in the back) is always acquitted. Our king is a ceremonial one.
@blademaker22 Now, for your country. Your Saudi's b1tch. When they say jump, you jump. Your 'freedom' to defend yourself is causing thousands of troops to die. You got a president (Bush) who rigged the election (that's way better than a king, right). Your healthcare is a joke. When i'm unimployed and i get injured, i still get the best care available. You say my freedom is an illusion. It's yours buddy.
How is my personal right to defend myself causing troops to die?
What do you mean by Saudi's Bitch? Last I checked, we were sovereign and didn't have to answer to anyone else.
Bush is not our president, nor did he rig any elections.
Our system of healthcare is exceptional, and we don't have waiting lists or regulations on what kind of care we are eligible to receive. If I get injured when unemployed, I still have access to the best care available.
You may want to do some research on how an economy actually works and what redistribution of wealth actually means. You may be surprised to find out who actually pays the bill in a single-payer socialist system. It's not the "evil rich" like your politicians tell you. Your "free" healthcare isn't free. Excessive socialism suppresses an economy by punishing the productive and rewarding the unproductive.
I am done with this discussion. Feel free to have the last word.
@blademaker22 I am aware that 'free healthcare' isn't free. That's what taxes are for. It's just a name. I also know that thousands of 'middleclass' people contribute more than a couple of rich guys. It's the same way in every country. Yours, mine, everyones.
i'm also aware that too much socialism ruines things, but that doesn't mean you should let people down or that we (Belgium) is ruining productivety.
oh man if you watch the cockpit section right after eject you see the nose break off right infront of where he was, if would of not bailed he would have been smashed into the ground with the force of a heavy ass plane.... glad he's fine/.
Read the investigation results. He started the maneuver at the wrong altitude (most likely out of habit from a different airfield). An honest mistake. There was no loss of power, the jet was fine. The Thunderbirds have since changed their procedures to call out their altitudes for maneuvers differently. The pilot, Stricklin, currently works at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi and is a Lieutenant Colonel.
@gump1119 They were actually in Sacramento the previous day (much lower than Mountain Home) and he forgot to set his altimeter for the new field elevation.
i was there that happened in mountain home afb...it was crazy they made everyone at the air show leave my dad had to go out and help the pilot and clean up the wreckage it was pretty crazy
umm yeah actually i can site the source....i was there the next year when the announcer said and here is stricklen back in his cockpit after a terrifying crash just last year....
Doesn't a plane have 2 types of altimeters. A barometric one wich has to be set to zero when on the ground. (works by the decrease in air pressure when the plane climbs)
A sophisticated plane like that will have 2 types. One measures pressure altitude and it is never set to zero when you're on the ground. It will show your current altitude above sea level. Any small airplane without gps will have one like this. The second type for something like an F-16 is digital and will always show your altitude above the ground.
But they have to calibrate when. ex. When they fly from Brussel (1016 hPa) to Prague(985 hPa) If the altimeter in brussels showed 0 it would be on the ground in before the barometric meter showed 0.
All I know is that a traditional altimeter that reads pressure altitude is not calibrated to zero on the ground. You simply have to know what the elevation is around you. I fly a Cessna 172 and at my home airport the altitude is about 1100. That's what the altimeter reads when I take off. I commonly fly north to another airport with a altitude of about 1500. I have to make that correction myself when setting up to land because when my altimeter reads 1500 I'll be on the ground.
I agree with other posters.. It is down right HORRIBLE when people who don't know anything about aircraft spew bad information. Loss of power? Puhleeze.. that engine was just humming along like Sunday morning.. until it hit the ground!
Whether the aircraft was "level" or whether that pilot would've pulled it into a 15 degree nose high attitude, it wouldn't have mattered.. at that speed, that low to the ground, any POSITIVE (doesn't matter the degree) AOA was going to result in a crash.
What's up with that narrator? "As the jet levels out, it suddenly looses power." Huh??? The jet never leveled out, and it never lost power. It collided with the ground because the pilot made an arithmetic error in his head. He believed that he was at 2500 feet at the top of his loop; but he was mistaken: he was actually at 1670 feet. Oops. The end of a perfectly good F16, and the end of the pilot's career as a Thunderbird. That'll be $30,000,000.00, please. Grade of narrator: F
@wickedjuggaloMH : Can you site your source for your information? It contradicts everything I've read, which says that Stricklin was reassigned to a ground job at the Pentagon in 2004, and never flew with the Thunderbirds again after crashing in Sept. 2003. If you have sources that say otherwise, what are they?
an F-16 will always drop an the pilot were suposed to clip tol 2000ft but he did only to 1600ft becouse there home base the arr only need to climp 1600ft
He says..., "suddenly looses power"(he didn't loose an engine or anything), but he had the power and alpha to pull up, the exception came when he ejected and the stick led in a reduction of the AoA and lift, as it travels towards the ground, which makes it look like a loss of power as the aircraft's nose remains at the same angle!
This makes me wonder..., if he hadn't ejected at that moment, trying to continue the pull and AoA, he may have had enough 0.8 secs. to save it,but that was too risky!
uhhh, no it was pilot error, the pilot forgot to set the altimeter to the proper altitude for where he was before he took off, and when we dove it wasn't at the altitude he was supposed to be and by the time he realized it it was far too late. i know this for a fact
i was at the air show it was a few years ago the pilot went up and on the way down he didnt pull up in time and ejected about 30 to 40 ft from the ground when the plane hit you could see the nose cone tumbling accrost the air field it was in mt home idaho
You would think the announcer would have taken the trouble to get his facts straight. Maybe "suddenly lost power" is more dramatic than "he began the split S at too low an altitude due to an altimeter mix-up." LOL But these kind of inaccuracies happen all the time
seriously. it lost power? WRONG! the pilot pushed it to full throttle to try and save the aircraft untill he ejected. once he ejects, it looses power, but not beforehand. the reason he crased was because his altimeter was set to sea level, not ground level...
I like How the guy says hes at 2500ft, hes not at 2500ft hes at 1500ft. He never set the altimeter to the different setting. I should know I was there. :)
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this is what I read on the cockpit vid posted from another person:
aub09:
He read the wrong altitude, he had the display on barometric I believe and didn't compensate for the elevation, so he thought he was higher than he was. There is also a radar altimeter in a 16, which I think he thought he was reading.
I think what really happened, but was covered up, was the bad guys from Die Hard 2 lowered the elevation on the ILS system and thats what caused him to crash!
um.....that would have been funny if the ILS had anything to do with the flight...the ILS is just an instrument for lining an aircraft up with the runway when it comes in on approach. But that was a good try
as of 11mar07, 2961 views, and only 5 viewers have rated this vid. Lots of monkey spankers watching, nobody freeing their spanking hand to rate the video!
As i said, who cares about rating? Nobody frees his
''Monkey hand'' cuz nobody cares about rating. besides, its hasnt been that long since this video was added, and there r other videos of this crash which were added before, and get more views.
If you look closely you can see the pilot ejecting just before impact.
Joshuah128 4 months ago
Probably flew with the wrong pressure altitude tuned in haha!
ScientificExploits 4 months ago
I was there that day and i still remember that. I was 4 years old O.O
CrazyTrevFilms 5 months ago
YES it looked cool, but YES he could have also died. but he didnt. after the fireball cleared, and cpt. stricklin could be seen through the smoke, raising his arms to the sky, the crowd started clapping. how many people can say they saw a fighting falcon hit the ground and explode!?
aqualobster 5 months ago
was that a part of the show? i seriously need to go on one of those lol good job and eject tho
volodymyrm1 5 months ago
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DON'T READ THIS!In 1971 a guy named Kyle and his girlfriend Emily were in side a house that was said to claim peoples lives if they entered the house.The next morning a guy named Alex saw fingernail marks on the door.if you dont post this to 5 videos, you'll be getting a visit from Kyle and Emily tonight!WARNING:this has been proved to be real,i value my life!whoever reads this may God be with you! I TRULY DO APOLOGIZE!!! PS i got this from another vid
sumaira476 6 months ago
i watched this crash during the air show
WhiteboyOfUS 6 months ago
@WhiteboyOfUS me too...it looked so coll!
bobproductions455 6 months ago
@bobproductions455 Have respect you heartless cunt, he could of been killed!
dskxalive 6 months ago
@bobproductions455 Have a little respect, that guy has had years of training to fly a jet and he makes a mistake, that hurts. he could of been killed in the so called "dream" job of the Air Force.
USAFcrazy13 5 months ago
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114series 6 months ago
"YOU SHAKE MY NERVES AND YOU RATTLE MY BRAIN!"...ANYBODY GET WHAT IM SAYIN?...GOODNESS, GRACIOUS
WTFFTW3567 6 months ago
how much did that cost the tax players he gets two weeks off with pay
MFP1520 7 months ago
View from inside the cockpit.
/watch?v=SjaU-SKYrPk
AppleAreTastey 7 months ago
you know someone in the crowd was like...is that supposed to happen??
ftk924 7 months ago
the engine had a good time rolling accross the dirt
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@SaintFieIdmonkeys dude fuck off you racist little shit
GodofSnipers1 9 months ago
thank god for the eject button
GodofSnipers1 9 months ago
Pilot error.
keegan773 10 months ago
He suddenly losses power? Man, you americans always lie when it comes to these kind of programs. Always trying to look cool or innocent en trying to keep up steriotypes.
streetstream 10 months ago
@streetstream Why do Europeans always have to be jerks and attempt to lump all Americans into some sort of stereotype? It was just some dumbass TV show host. I have watched the show before and he never knows what he is talking about. I guess eurolanders must think it's cool to rag on a group of people they know nothing about.
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 We rag on you guys. Try reading some comments made by US nationals. They always act like they are the best and every country is there to be made fun of. Try watching one american show that talks about foreigners without the use of stereotypes.
Just watched a video on liveleak about people protesting in the US against their government. You should look at it and see what image you present to the world. One hint, it's the video about liberal communist (yes that's what it states).
streetstream 9 months ago
@streetstream Try citing one example of a mainstream American TV show that stereotypes foreigners as you describe. On the other hand, I just read a news story about a bunch of lazy Belgian union workers who injured 12 police officers in a violent protest a couple months ago because your bankrupt government finally decided that it could no longer afford to pander to the union's excessive demands for handouts from the taxpayers. You should see the image you present to the world.
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 See, that's were you have it wrong. When i make a remark about a show (like this one) making dumb comments about your people, it is your show. Now you try and compare that with one of your media (not ours) talking about us. It doesn't work like that. And on a side note, your country's finatial state is worse than ours. Or did you forget who started this mess.
And see how your minds are F-ed up. Your TV show got it wrong and when we point it out, we are the bad guys.
streetstream 9 months ago
@streetstream
Correction: You made a derogatory blanket statement about the dishonesty and arrogance of all U.S. citizens based on that fact that a silly TV show host was uninformed on the cause of a crash at an airshow. I believe that would make YOU the badguy. I picked the union protest story as an example of how easy (and absurd) it is to cherrypick information and make sweeping generalizations about someone else's culture. Your responses have illustrated my point nicely. Thank you.
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 Correction: you act like this is the only time you lie to make yourselfs look good. Bin laden used a woman as a shoeld, and what do you know it's not true. jessica lynch was saved by american troops out of a hospital and what do you know, another lie.
Don't try and play this of as a one time deal by a stupid show. And try and grasp the fact that you article was writen by americans, not us. We did not try and change fact to make us look good. You guys constantly do.
streetstream 9 months ago
@streetstream
Again with the sweeping generalizations. There is propaganda on both sides. The problem seems to be that you are unusually succeptible to anti-American propaganda. Your government (along with most European governments) feels threatened by the fact that we have more freedoms than you. They are afraid of losing power, so they brainwash you into believing that we are evil. Free-thinking citizens are more dangerous to an overreaching government than brainwashed subjects.
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 More freedom? What exacly except buying weapons (which we all know is a great thing with all those kids shooting up schools) do you have above me? Tell me.
And brainwashing? If there is one government that does that, it's yours. Or was those WMD's in Iraq a reality?
streetstream 9 months ago
@streetstream
How's the strict gun laws working for you? Just like they are in the UK I would imagine. Law abiding citizens lose gun ownership rights and violent crime goes up. Happens every time. Whats even more worrisome though, is that every single major government overreach is preceded by a disarming of the populace. It's tyranny 101. It has worked very well for many tyrants. Perhaps you are familiar with one of them. Hint: his name starts with "A" and it ends with "dolf Hitler".
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 So i ask you to name one freedom other then gun ownership and you come up with......wait for it.... gun ownership. And by the way. It's not as bad as you think. Even with some restrictive laws, we own a gun. And no, not a toy one.
streetstream 9 months ago
@streetstream
We are (more) free from socialist wealth redistribution designed to create a government-dependant permanent underclass. We are sovereign and not subject to the EU. We are free to defend ourselves and our property from criminals. You can't even use pepper spray, let alone a firearm to defend your family. We also have a president instead of a king. You are subject to economy-stifling energy regulation under the guise of preventing climate change. Your freedom is an illusion.
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 Your freedom of socia wealth distribution is creating a poor claas that is an embarrassment for your country. Your structure of states and the federal nation is much like the EU. We defend ourselves against criminals too, and if you look up some promenent cases, the person killing the criminals (even a shot in the back) is always acquitted. Our king is a ceremonial one.
streetstream 9 months ago
@blademaker22 Now, for your country. Your Saudi's b1tch. When they say jump, you jump. Your 'freedom' to defend yourself is causing thousands of troops to die. You got a president (Bush) who rigged the election (that's way better than a king, right). Your healthcare is a joke. When i'm unimployed and i get injured, i still get the best care available. You say my freedom is an illusion. It's yours buddy.
streetstream 9 months ago
@streetstream
How is my personal right to defend myself causing troops to die?
What do you mean by Saudi's Bitch? Last I checked, we were sovereign and didn't have to answer to anyone else.
Bush is not our president, nor did he rig any elections.
Our system of healthcare is exceptional, and we don't have waiting lists or regulations on what kind of care we are eligible to receive. If I get injured when unemployed, I still have access to the best care available.
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 I wasn't saying that personal defense kills soldiers. You were pointing out flaws of my country, i pointed out yours.
Now, you can be in denial that the saudi's don't control you. Your choice. Just ask why saudi arabia was never questioned or targeted about 9/11.
Other denial, bush didn't rig the election. I he was clean, he would have incisted on a recount.
streetstream 9 months ago
@streetstream
You may want to do some research on how an economy actually works and what redistribution of wealth actually means. You may be surprised to find out who actually pays the bill in a single-payer socialist system. It's not the "evil rich" like your politicians tell you. Your "free" healthcare isn't free. Excessive socialism suppresses an economy by punishing the productive and rewarding the unproductive.
I am done with this discussion. Feel free to have the last word.
blademaker22 9 months ago
@blademaker22 I am aware that 'free healthcare' isn't free. That's what taxes are for. It's just a name. I also know that thousands of 'middleclass' people contribute more than a couple of rich guys. It's the same way in every country. Yours, mine, everyones.
i'm also aware that too much socialism ruines things, but that doesn't mean you should let people down or that we (Belgium) is ruining productivety.
streetstream 9 months ago
the plane didn't run out of power, he was just too low. The force from going down at that speed kept him going down even after pulling up
1298dr 11 months ago
Thank GOD he ejected!
Rotneybot 11 months ago
I remember that I was there, I watched till the evacuated everyone.
TheGaaralover19 1 year ago
if i rememerber he was in a shit load and was fired from the thunderbirds not the air force
datzfast 1 year ago
oh man if you watch the cockpit section right after eject you see the nose break off right infront of where he was, if would of not bailed he would have been smashed into the ground with the force of a heavy ass plane.... glad he's fine/.
rhett443 1 year ago
i hope he didnt land in the fire
TheCordog 1 year ago
If he woulda went 50 feet higher, 1 second up longer, he coulda pulled up... Mayb
MrThatsYe 1 year ago
This camera man deserves a freaking JOB look at that pristine ability to FOLLOW the crash.
ironmb86 1 year ago
@ironmb86 Ummm, I think he has one right? Being a freaking cameraman...
deummm 1 year ago
@deummm whoooooosh dumbfuck
ironmb86 1 year ago
@ironmb86 learn to irony kid...
deummm 1 year ago
@deummm u mad fatty?
ironmb86 1 year ago
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deummm 1 year ago
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@ironmb86 oh you make no sense, similar to some haiku's, refrigerator...
deummm 1 year ago
woot he ejected!!!!
pkdeath28 1 year ago
i hate the comentary the 'exiting' fucking music its just ruins it
dadikkedude 1 year ago
Read the investigation results. He started the maneuver at the wrong altitude (most likely out of habit from a different airfield). An honest mistake. There was no loss of power, the jet was fine. The Thunderbirds have since changed their procedures to call out their altitudes for maneuvers differently. The pilot, Stricklin, currently works at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi and is a Lieutenant Colonel.
gump1119 1 year ago 18
@gump1119 It wasnt from habit but hes altimeter was set wrong and this airfield lies higher than the one he practises at
sdsdfg99 1 year ago
@gump1119 They were actually in Sacramento the previous day (much lower than Mountain Home) and he forgot to set his altimeter for the new field elevation.
Afterburner245 1 year ago
@gump1119 Exactly right, any other plane would have stalled out at that point too.
2Aug2 1 year ago
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weldon0m 1 year ago 2
@weldon0m moron
smart451cab 11 months ago
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smart451cab 11 months ago
@weldon0m hahaha that was amazing. i actually laughed out loud there. i dont know how you'll take this but im not being sarcastic
Phauntayne 10 months ago
i saw him ejected from the jet (SMART GUY!!!!)
unrealbeast455 1 year ago
i fucking hate shows that make things more dramatic then they r
epiphonel100 1 year ago 3
Sucks for the crew chief , and anyone who signed for that Preflight / forms
goldenwolf55 1 year ago
i was there that happened in mountain home afb...it was crazy they made everyone at the air show leave my dad had to go out and help the pilot and clean up the wreckage it was pretty crazy
wickedjuggaloMH 2 years ago
umm yeah actually i can site the source....i was there the next year when the announcer said and here is stricklen back in his cockpit after a terrifying crash just last year....
wickedjuggaloMH 2 years ago
Doesn't a plane have 2 types of altimeters. A barometric one wich has to be set to zero when on the ground. (works by the decrease in air pressure when the plane climbs)
And an altimeter that messures radar altitute????
RubenCraninx 2 years ago
A sophisticated plane like that will have 2 types. One measures pressure altitude and it is never set to zero when you're on the ground. It will show your current altitude above sea level. Any small airplane without gps will have one like this. The second type for something like an F-16 is digital and will always show your altitude above the ground.
semiauto25 2 years ago
But they have to calibrate when. ex. When they fly from Brussel (1016 hPa) to Prague(985 hPa) If the altimeter in brussels showed 0 it would be on the ground in before the barometric meter showed 0.
RubenCraninx 2 years ago
All I know is that a traditional altimeter that reads pressure altitude is not calibrated to zero on the ground. You simply have to know what the elevation is around you. I fly a Cessna 172 and at my home airport the altitude is about 1100. That's what the altimeter reads when I take off. I commonly fly north to another airport with a altitude of about 1500. I have to make that correction myself when setting up to land because when my altimeter reads 1500 I'll be on the ground.
semiauto25 2 years ago
That Thunderbird was at 2500ft above sea level without taking into account elevation above mean airport runway wasn't it?
Vee6watchman 2 years ago
DAMN THAT BAROMETRIC PRESSURE!
theendcredits 2 years ago
I was there that day. everyone in the audience didnt even know he ejected until like ten minutes later when they announced the pilot was okay
grizzySnax 2 years ago
I agree with other posters.. It is down right HORRIBLE when people who don't know anything about aircraft spew bad information. Loss of power? Puhleeze.. that engine was just humming along like Sunday morning.. until it hit the ground!
Whether the aircraft was "level" or whether that pilot would've pulled it into a 15 degree nose high attitude, it wouldn't have mattered.. at that speed, that low to the ground, any POSITIVE (doesn't matter the degree) AOA was going to result in a crash.
likeawhispr 2 years ago 2
likeawhisper is right, likewise an aircraft can stall at any speed if it achieves too high of an AOA
theendcredits 2 years ago
What's up with that narrator? "As the jet levels out, it suddenly looses power." Huh??? The jet never leveled out, and it never lost power. It collided with the ground because the pilot made an arithmetic error in his head. He believed that he was at 2500 feet at the top of his loop; but he was mistaken: he was actually at 1670 feet. Oops. The end of a perfectly good F16, and the end of the pilot's career as a Thunderbird. That'll be $30,000,000.00, please. Grade of narrator: F
lonewolfintj 2 years ago 2
actually the piolot didn't lose his career as a thunderbird he flew a new on the next year....
wickedjuggaloMH 2 years ago
@wickedjuggaloMH : Can you site your source for your information? It contradicts everything I've read, which says that Stricklin was reassigned to a ground job at the Pentagon in 2004, and never flew with the Thunderbirds again after crashing in Sept. 2003. If you have sources that say otherwise, what are they?
lonewolfintj 2 years ago
@wickedjuggaloMH Ya the story goes that he lost his spot on the team immediately.
unminded2you 1 year ago
Wow Spike TV is wrong. Altimeter miscalculation not power failure. But we all know this
sbentjies 2 years ago 2
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!
Havgry 2 years ago
i'm glad he ejected
XXavierTaylor 2 years ago 24
gnt d deus ew tava la nesse aviáo,,
meu nome e magaiver....kkkk
diego200622018 2 years ago
The jet didnt loose power, but he might of been able to pull it out, I would not mess with my life though
BusterBunker 2 years ago
no way hes pullin out he stalled
golfisgreat123 2 years ago
u nearly hit my control tower peckerhead
SethDefeyter 2 years ago
Z prdele klika.
007marek 2 years ago
it did't losse the power...
an F-16 will always drop an the pilot were suposed to clip tol 2000ft but he did only to 1600ft becouse there home base the arr only need to climp 1600ft
elskerstine 2 years ago
look closely.. at the top of the plane 0.8 of a second he ejects out of the plane
TheEverythingKing85 2 years ago 3
i seen this on t. v., he tied to do a split s but wasnt high enough.
MrTrainman1 2 years ago
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cheak it out fryed pilot
killingspree5000 2 years ago
:( That's at the air force base near me :( Mountain Home Air Force Base :( same runways and I remember the crash was exactly like this
TheZakatakOfSF 2 years ago
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it said "it looses power"
didnt the pilot forget to reset his altimeter and undercalculate the pull?
jalo11111 2 years ago
That is the way I recall.
I have the picture of his ejection as my desktop. There is a great shot from the tower.
Larommi71 2 years ago
Whats its saying is that it manages to pull its nose up befor the crash but it didnt have the power to lose the decent (Gain altitude)
dforero0818 2 years ago
He says..., "suddenly looses power"(he didn't loose an engine or anything), but he had the power and alpha to pull up, the exception came when he ejected and the stick led in a reduction of the AoA and lift, as it travels towards the ground, which makes it look like a loss of power as the aircraft's nose remains at the same angle!
This makes me wonder..., if he hadn't ejected at that moment, trying to continue the pull and AoA, he may have had enough 0.8 secs. to save it,but that was too risky!
Maverickf22flyer 2 years ago
But that doesn't make the taxpayers happy.
dmbernasconi 2 years ago
Yea you gotta love how innacurate realtv narrators are- its like they make up the whole story.
edlemur 2 years ago 2
uhhh, no it was pilot error, the pilot forgot to set the altimeter to the proper altitude for where he was before he took off, and when we dove it wasn't at the altitude he was supposed to be and by the time he realized it it was far too late. i know this for a fact
konvalbr 2 years ago
you were in it too!??! :)
fatalbeginnings 2 years ago
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hahahaha they're goes you're plane m*therfucker you fly like SHIT!!!
Gladioter1903 2 years ago
god bless the ejection seat
SunnyboyEVOLUTION 2 years ago 3
amen to that
M3G4G0TH 2 years ago 2
yup
skierplaterandy 2 years ago
The thunderbirds should give them an official explanation of what happen, not a story that will get them ratings.
Linkinfank 2 years ago
well even if he did have a aircraft malfunction still if he would have climbed more altitude he would have been able to do the split S no problem
trechan 2 years ago
i was at the air show it was a few years ago the pilot went up and on the way down he didnt pull up in time and ejected about 30 to 40 ft from the ground when the plane hit you could see the nose cone tumbling accrost the air field it was in mt home idaho
jessesteinebach 3 years ago
I was there the day before the crash, but it wasn't the fast that he didn't pull up in time. something malfuctioned,
Callabris 3 years ago
these are some of the best pilots in the WORLD!!!!! do you honestly believe he went for his ejection handle before trying to pull up?
skierplaterandy 2 years ago
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Loser.
FAB/EDA brasileira the best
Andrerox3105 3 years ago
i think thats survivabile
orangespriteman 3 years ago
it is cose he ejected
78kevin 3 years ago
it was sarcasim
orangespriteman 3 years ago
HOLY SHIIIIIIIITTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
9thops 3 years ago
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tankertel 3 years ago
wow Lets not be ignorent now, it wasn't pilot error that caused the crash he has system failure, he had no control of the aircraft...
Callabris 3 years ago
Yes, it was pilot error. He didnt have the airport altitued correct. Check out the tuhnderbird how it happened video..it explains it all.
jmski88 2 years ago
You would think the announcer would have taken the trouble to get his facts straight. Maybe "suddenly lost power" is more dramatic than "he began the split S at too low an altitude due to an altimeter mix-up." LOL But these kind of inaccuracies happen all the time
gedgar2000 3 years ago
since he's ok i just gotta say.......awesome show
coolbombdaa 3 years ago 3
wow he has good reflexes i wouldnt hhv thought of ejecting so fast...........he's good
coolbombdaa 3 years ago
Seeing it from a different angle makes it not so amazingly astonishing he survived but in the cockpit camera its alot different.
xXSlizzleShadyXx 3 years ago
Looks like an F-16 to me. ??
diecastmaniac1994 3 years ago
Yes, it is an F-16 Falcon, but Thunderbird is the name of the USAF demonstration unit.
darnitalltohell 3 years ago
he ejected u can see it at the last minute!!
kidder266 3 years ago
Lost power? I love that show's stupid (and wrong) explanation for everything.
N520UP 4 years ago 2
seriously. it lost power? WRONG! the pilot pushed it to full throttle to try and save the aircraft untill he ejected. once he ejects, it looses power, but not beforehand. the reason he crased was because his altimeter was set to sea level, not ground level...
keneke45 4 years ago 2
it was set to the altitude of nellis AFB instead of the altitude of Mtn Home where he was flying... it was an insane crash to see.
draper73 4 years ago
hey, where did you get this, i've been looking for it all over the internet
Nitrous2k 4 years ago
I like How the guy says hes at 2500ft, hes not at 2500ft hes at 1500ft. He never set the altimeter to the different setting. I should know I was there. :)
911believer 4 years ago
"I should know... I was there"... fuck off loser... you set his altimeter did you? You must be to blame for the crash then fuckwit.
harderfaster101 4 years ago
he ment he was at the airshow dipshit, and what do you know this probably doesn't even affect you.
Airsofter234 4 years ago
what the fucks ur problem?
cambruda 4 years ago
Somewhere everyday a smart ass hangs himself by the shit words that spill out of his own rectum/mouth.
Grazydine 4 years ago
hey hey guys.. chill out allright.. gigidi gigidi
jairoorita 4 years ago
I wonder if they were able to save the plane, you know those Thunderbird mechanics can work wonders. lol :)
Grazydine 4 years ago
ur a dumb ass...
Nitrous2k 4 years ago
lol
cambruda 4 years ago
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InLineRecordSource 4 years ago
Rest in Peace Blue Angel #6. I am glad that the pilot in this video was able to eject safley.
airshow4444 4 years ago 3
Wasn't a Blue Angel..... This was an Air Force plane . not Navy get it right stupid just kidding you're not stupid
blueynote31 3 years ago
wow the pilot ejected a split second before hitting the ground. Amazing.
Frosty93 4 years ago
this is what I read on the cockpit vid posted from another person:
aub09:
He read the wrong altitude, he had the display on barometric I believe and didn't compensate for the elevation, so he thought he was higher than he was. There is also a radar altimeter in a 16, which I think he thought he was reading.
I have to agree with his response myself.
unsf8518 4 years ago
I think what really happened, but was covered up, was the bad guys from Die Hard 2 lowered the elevation on the ILS system and thats what caused him to crash!
Section41 4 years ago
um.....that would have been funny if the ILS had anything to do with the flight...the ILS is just an instrument for lining an aircraft up with the runway when it comes in on approach. But that was a good try
AJL15N 4 years ago
Yes, I know this! It was an attempt at humor! I know what an ILS is and what it does! Go watch Die Hard 2
Section41 4 years ago
no, he miss set his altimiter to 1000 feet lower than he was, making him think he could pull out of the turn when he couldnt
Nitrous2k 4 years ago
Christopher Stricklin, the pilot, was immediately re-assigned to a desk job at the Pentagon for not resetting his altimeter at the show site.
Narsil1794 5 years ago 2
No, it was the pilots fault...His loop was too low.
Narsil1794 5 years ago
Come on, dummies! Out of 1212 views, I'm the first viewer to rate this video! Free one of your monkey hands to click on the rating button!
DancingSpiderman 5 years ago
who the hell cares about rating
juancho1990 5 years ago
as of 11mar07, 2961 views, and only 5 viewers have rated this vid. Lots of monkey spankers watching, nobody freeing their spanking hand to rate the video!
DancingSpiderman 5 years ago
As i said, who cares about rating? Nobody frees his
''Monkey hand'' cuz nobody cares about rating. besides, its hasnt been that long since this video was added, and there r other videos of this crash which were added before, and get more views.
juancho1990 5 years ago
sowwy.
I'll go sit in the corner and spank my monkita now.
DancingSpiderman 5 years ago
it was a faulty gauge which caused the pilot to beleive he was higher than he really was.
USAFPilot088 5 years ago
i love the fake screams
moakley 5 years ago
The thunderbirds are awsome....it was prbly due to aircraft error
cessnaa172 5 years ago
yeah im sure it was! more like pilot error, no way he could have pulled out of that dive, wanna see a real airshow watch the RAF red arrows
mably23 5 years ago