F-100 Super Sabre Jet Crash

The pilot appears to be attempting nap of the earth low speed maneuvering just before the crash. I don't think he made it.

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[AugustusLarch]

The aircraft was caught on a "ground effect paradox". The aircraft cannot rotate past 12 degrees until the airspeed is sufficient to escape ground effect.

This is due to the 'effect' the ground has on temporalily reducing the induced drag on the airframe.

Once out of the the realm of 'ground effect' all of that drag comes back and the engine's compressor can't keep up with the power needed.

Later a stick shaker, blow in doors, and better proceedures were implemented to prevent this.

[patmagroin20]

nice, thanks for the additional info

[seevee1969]

"Sabre Dance": The most notorious incident was the loss of F-100C-20-NA Super Sabre 54-1907 during an attempted emergency landing at Edwards AFB, California on January 10, 1956 which was caught by film cameras set up for an unrelated test. The pilot fought to retain control as he rode the edge of the flight envelope, but fell off on one wing, hit the ground, and exploded with fatal results. These scenes were inserted in the movie Hunters, starring Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner.

[RangerPilot]

@AugustusLarch Totally incorrect...there is nothing about ground effect that limits an aircraft to 12 degrees of pitch, and aircraft regularly exceed that, especially military aircraft.

The crash in the video was caused by the "Sabre Dance", the USAF pilots' term for the stall behavior of the swept-wing F-100. Due to the swept wing, the aircraft stalled at the wingtip first, pushing the center of lift forward and further increasing the pitch angle, worsening the stall until the crash.

[xplodetrain88]

LOL HAI GUYS JEFF CLUMPUS HERE

[5mrmotor]

@MrFattyfatfatboy Thank you for your kind words and fellow apreciation for a great aviator. the poem,however, I can not take credit for, I read it in an old book of fighter pilot songs. it sure gets the point across!

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

@5mrmotor Thanks for the information you put this in perspective and made a sad clip even more so,and your poem on the f-100 was like the true meaning of pathos.

[AugustusLarch]

@RaiderDestroyer

The compressor can't get enough air from the intake because a high alpha and low airspeed enviroment. Otherwise the engine would have plenty of power to make the machine climb.

[RaiderDestroyer]

@AugustusLarch wat in the fuck are you talking about, btw I am actually a pilot, stop smoking pot

[5mrmotor]

Rest in peace Barty Brooks, your sabre dance film saved the lives of many f-100 pilots after you. This was someone elses ride that day, but Bart took the ferrying job so his buddy could go on leave to see family. they say he was a great guy and a better pilot. "Oh don't give me that one double oh- to fight againtst friendly or fo- that sabre dance made me crap my pants- dont give me that one double oh!!!"

[ASSASSYN360]

@RangerPilot The stall occurred at the final moment before impact. The aircraft was in a throttle lock in afterburner. The pilot was trying to lower the nose which resulted in an increase of speed, he countered with the increase of angle of attack.

[Airking4321]

@MrAvalanche2004

No he did not, I read an article that said they found his body still strapped into his seat less than 2 minutes after the crash.

[MrAvalanche2004]

Did the pilot survive?