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F/A-18 Runs Into Building At Buckley AFB

DeltaGuy From United States, joined Sep 2001, 4172 posts, RR: 29
Posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1541 times:

Watching FoxNews now, they're showing footage of a Hornet that looks like it taxied into a hangar at Buckley AFB in CO....they keep saying it crashed, but it looks like only the radome is buried in the corner of this hangar.

Looks like a pretty bad oops, but hope noone's hurt. Will post pics if I can find em.

DeltaGuy

"The cockpit, what is it?" "It's the little room in the front of the plane where the pilot sits, but that's not importan

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DL021 From United States, joined May 2004, 11073 posts, RR: 96
Reply 1, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1539 times:

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I wonder how long they will do payroll deductions from the guy. I think he'd have to stay in for 40 years to pay for that damage.

Is my Pan Am ticket to the moon still good?

DeltaGuy From United States, joined Sep 2001, 4172 posts, RR: 29
Reply 2, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1535 times:

He can get a side job cleaning the planes with some jetwash Wink

"The cockpit, what is it?" "It's the little room in the front of the plane where the pilot sits, but that's not importan

Flyf15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1462 times:

Wow... an aircraft actually moving at Buckley? Thats rare...

USAFHummer From United States, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 63
Reply 4, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 1295 times:

Photo available here...

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2835733

Greg

Chief A.net college football stadium self-pic guru

Echster From United States, joined Sep 2004, 394 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1234 times:

The story I read said the F-18 was landing and had a brake failure. I also read the pilot ejected. I've looked for that story but couldn't find it.

GOCAPS16 From Japan, joined Jan 2000, 4039 posts, RR: 32
Reply 6, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1213 times:

tsk tsk tsk, an Oceana based squadron...I wonder who was the last mech to mess with the brake systems on that aircraft, hmmm...questioning comes in play.

Kevin

Fly NAVY.

DeltaGuy From United States, joined Sep 2001, 4172 posts, RR: 29
Reply 7, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1211 times:

Good ol Gladiators....probably was a RAG student, probably shook him up pretty good. Hey, at least that Hornet was going after a rival aircraft's hangar....hit em at home Wink

Looks like he was getting ready to make his turn to park next to the other guys. Would love to see the damage photos from this one.

DeltaGuy

"The cockpit, what is it?" "It's the little room in the front of the plane where the pilot sits, but that's not importan

Ftrguy From United States, joined Aug 2003, 347 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (4 years 4 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1199 times:

Nope not a student. He lost all the hydraulics that power the brakes and the steering. Also at Buckley the taxiway from the runway to the hanger is quite a downward slope. If that slope weren't there he probably would have been able to stop OK. Would love to tell more but...