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That looks expensive
Warbirds
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F35 crash today in Ft. Worth.
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Wow...Looks like the pilot got out OK...
Saw that on news tonight. Pilot hit the ejector, and cleared the plane,seat, and debris. Got lucky.
Glad he is Ok
I know I never have to worry about it , but leaving a crashing plane and odds of surviving go up 98% i am out of there 😁
money can replace the plane human not so much ( at least for now )
heck any back yard youtuber could repair it with a few rolls of duct tape
I did a quick search for the fun of it
These are the estimated unit costs, including maintenance and support costs, of the F-35 by variant:
I have been to that Lockheed facility several times. I still have my Lockheed security badge, but I don't think it would work anymore.
I've probably shared this story here before but we had a Harrier crash during it's vertical take off at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti while I was there. The pilot ejected safely with a few bruises.
I was chatting with a few officers at the O-Club, afterwards, and learned that Harriers crash so frequently during vertical take off that they expect to loose at least 1 Harrier per deployment!
https://news.usni.org/2018/04/03/marine-av-8b-harrier-crashes-djibouti-pilot-stable-condition