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Patrouille Swiss crash

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  • #2
    Fattes
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    In 3 weeks we have had the following, One US F18 crash Blue angles, pilot killed sadly, US thunderbirds, loose an f16 on Take off pilot ok, Russian SU27 from the knights sadly killed this am, now the Patrol Suisse, both pilots ok one aircraft lost, the other F5 lost a stabiliser and was landed


  • #3
    Fattes
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    Pic of damaged F5


  • #4
    Negative_G
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    Fattes wrote: »
    Pic of damaged F5

    Very lucky to maintain authority with one functioning elevator. Not familiar with the F5 but I am assuming it has an elevator trim tab as opposed to an all moving tail plane like the F16. Very lucky.


  • #5
    Fattes
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    http://www.srf.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/e6049c05-c06f-479a-9152-a40abdd901da

    Basically, the report says, the lead pilot is being treated in hospital for cuts form landing in a glass house after electing, also being treated for a broken ankle.


  • #6
    Fattes
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    Negative_G wrote: »
    Very lucky to maintain authority with one functioning elevator. Not familiar with the F5 but I am assuming it has an elevator trim tab as opposed to an all moving tail plane like the F16. Very lucky.

    Probably more to do with skill! These boys train a lot, I live under their flight training area during the winter months! See a lot of both them and the regular F5 and F18


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  • #7
    EchoIndia
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    Negative_G wrote: »
    Very lucky to maintain authority with one functioning elevator. Not familiar with the F5 but I am assuming it has an elevator trim tab as opposed to an all moving tail plane like the F16. Very lucky.

    All-flying tailplane on the F-5. https://flic.kr/p/gBor1F


  • #8
    Negative_G
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    EchoIndia wrote: »
    All-flying tailplane on the F-5. https://flic.kr/p/gBor1F

    Thanks for that. Not a trim tab in sight!


  • #9
    N7777G
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    The aircraft that crashed was J-3086 - it displayed at the Bray Airshow last year:-

    https://flic.kr/p/vbJYLc


  • #10
    Fattes
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    N7777G wrote: »
    The aircraft that crashed was J-3086 - it displayed at the Bray Airshow last year:-

    https://flic.kr/p/vbJYLc

    Its the lead aircraft with the head of the display, team in it. He is the one that dropped into the green house yesterday. All the Swiss F5's are due to be retired by 2018 so it will be interesting to see what happens with the display team, they all ready struggle to have 6 aircraft in the red and white paint job.


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