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2 Naval Aviators lost in Lemoore, CA
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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 827422" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Definitely a tragic event! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>As a licensed private pilot, my comments: First, witness reported to have said the plane nosed up and banked...this ultimately will cause a <u>stall</u> unless power is applied. Nose up, bank, no power will slow a plane down rapidly below minimum controllable airspeed. Second, pilot may not have had enough altitude to eject safely. Third, over a agricultural field, a pilot's first gut level feeling is that "I can land this here..." Fourth, a fighter plane will glide...but not very well...the big engine compensates for short wings. Fifth, when a plane loses power and doesn't re-start, the first thing to do is to level wings and put nose down to achieve VMC + and second to rapidly search for a spot to (crash) land and walk away from it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 827422, member: 9"] Definitely a tragic event! :( As a licensed private pilot, my comments: First, witness reported to have said the plane nosed up and banked...this ultimately will cause a [u]stall[/u] unless power is applied. Nose up, bank, no power will slow a plane down rapidly below minimum controllable airspeed. Second, pilot may not have had enough altitude to eject safely. Third, over a agricultural field, a pilot's first gut level feeling is that "I can land this here..." Fourth, a fighter plane will glide...but not very well...the big engine compensates for short wings. Fifth, when a plane loses power and doesn't re-start, the first thing to do is to level wings and put nose down to achieve VMC + and second to rapidly search for a spot to (crash) land and walk away from it. [/QUOTE]
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