What ever his problem, it was serious enough to drop his hook and take the gear. Trap is the word for taking an arresting gear. You don't test the gear with an aircraft, because after some many traps there has to be inspections on hook and systems. Plus the cables for the gear are only good for so many engagements. Hope this clears it up some.
Couldn't tell by the sound quality but it seems like he had an engine failure or some sort of warning light come on during take off, he most likely dropped the hook and caught the arresting gear towards the end of the runway
@ainahanau Yea sadly I didn't have my HD camera on me. This was through my cell phone becuase I was just driving past the airport. I know usually they arrive thursday to begin practice but was shocked to see the #7 one day early. I will be there this weekend hopefully to capture better quality vidoes
What ever his problem, it was serious enough to drop his hook and take the gear. Trap is the word for taking an arresting gear. You don't test the gear with an aircraft, because after some many traps there has to be inspections on hook and systems. Plus the cables for the gear are only good for so many engagements. Hope this clears it up some.
greg022754 8 months ago
USAF is right. Just testing the arresting gear.
Larg127 1 year ago 2
There was a bad crash that day on new highway. Be careful!!
Kentech0023 1 year ago
He was testing the arresting gear, no intentions on taking off.
USAF16Pilot 1 year ago
@USAF16Pilot Thanks for the clarification!
flightdave82 1 year ago
Couldn't tell by the sound quality but it seems like he had an engine failure or some sort of warning light come on during take off, he most likely dropped the hook and caught the arresting gear towards the end of the runway
ainahanau 1 year ago
@ainahanau Yea sadly I didn't have my HD camera on me. This was through my cell phone becuase I was just driving past the airport. I know usually they arrive thursday to begin practice but was shocked to see the #7 one day early. I will be there this weekend hopefully to capture better quality vidoes
flightdave82 1 year ago