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Military plane crashed in Albuquerque.

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May 28, 2024, 08:52 PM
Greymann
Military plane crashed in Albuquerque.
Military plane crashed today a little south of Kirkland AFB. Reports say it was a new F35 flown by a contractor. Pilot survived.

From the article:
A U.S. official tells the ABC News Pentagon Bureau the plane was a new F-35 that belonged to the U.S. Marine Corps. The official says the plane was being transferred from the Lockheed factory to be put into service. The plane was flown by a defense contract management agency pilot at the time of the crash.

https://www.koat.com/article/a...-new-mexico/60928738


https://twitter.com/AlexBarnic...hdRJW_3XCwzT5Tg&s=19


May 28, 2024, 09:17 PM
comet24
Thoughts and prayers for the pilot.


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May 28, 2024, 09:49 PM
12131
What a stupid tweet. "F-35...just crashed as it took off. What do you think of this?" Think of what? There are zero information, except that it crashed, to even think anything. Roll Eyes


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May 28, 2024, 09:56 PM
Greymann
I used that x post because the post had two videos.

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May 29, 2024, 09:21 AM
nhtagmember
well, there's $110 million smoking hole

the bright side is it frees up a parking space on the ramp for all the F35's the USAF won't accept until TR3 is completed....

1 airplane, 3 models, 14 variants - what could possibly go wrong
May 29, 2024, 01:13 PM
Gustofer
quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
well, there's $110 million smoking hole

The military-industrial complex at work. I'd guess it costs a couple of hundred K, maybe as high as a million or two, worth of materials and legitimate labor to put one of those planes together and they slap a $110 million dollar price tag on them. Why? Because the DOD will pay it. Roll Eyes

$7000 coffee pots...$600 toilet seats....


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May 29, 2024, 01:41 PM
flesheatingvirus
Well, shit! I saw that smoke plume as I was leaving work.

quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
What a stupid tweet. "F-35...just crashed as it took off. What do you think of this?" Think of what? There are zero information, except that it crashed, to even think anything. Roll Eyes


According to the stories, and looking at the site, it crashed while attempting to land. :: sigh :: Thanks, media.


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May 29, 2024, 04:09 PM
tacfoley
... and the pilot?
May 29, 2024, 05:36 PM
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May 29, 2024, 07:12 PM
Greymann
A picture taken from the airport just before the crash.

Is the black object in photo the ejection seat?



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May 29, 2024, 11:32 PM
jerkyjer
If it’s really the USMC variant that black thing is part of the vtol. I think the kicked up dust in lower left is from same.


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May 30, 2024, 12:48 AM
corsair
quote:
Originally posted by Greymann:
A picture taken from the airport just before the crash.

Is the black object in photo the ejection seat?


You're referring to that panel-sized object where the cockpit is? Since this was a -B model, that looks like the lift-fan door.

An image with an ejection, you're usually going to see the canopy getting blown-off or somewhere in the vicinity and the rocket motor exhaust of the seat firing.
May 30, 2024, 12:44 PM
Greymann
Thanks jerkyjer and Corsair, I didn't know about the top vent on vtol aircraft.

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May 30, 2024, 12:52 PM
Mars_Attacks
Looks like contractor pilot error.

Contractor is now on the hook for the plane.


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May 30, 2024, 12:57 PM
trapper189
CBS reports it crashed while taking off:
“The pilot had landed at Kirtland at about 1 p.m. local time to refuel, and had just taken off bound for Edwards AFB when the crash occurred, the Kirtland spokesperson said.”

And this about the pilot:
“…the pilot was able to exit the plane and was hospitalized with serious injuries. The pilot was last reported to be in stable condition at the University of New Mexico Hospital, the Kirtland spokesperson said.“

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May 30, 2024, 02:37 PM
Expert308
quote:
A spokesperson for Kirtland Air Force Base, which is located just southeast of Sunport, said in a statement provided to CBS News Tuesday night that an Air Force pilot was "ferrying" the F-35 from the Lockheed Martin facility at Naval Air Reserve Station in Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards AFB.

The pilot had landed at Kirtland at about 1 p.m. local time to refuel, and had just taken off bound for Edwards AFB when the crash occurred, the Kirtland spokesperson said.

An F-35 can't fly from Fort Worth to Edwards without refueling???
May 30, 2024, 02:40 PM
corsair
quote:
Originally posted by Expert308:
quote:
A spokesperson for Kirtland Air Force Base, which is located just southeast of Sunport, said in a statement provided to CBS News Tuesday night that an Air Force pilot was "ferrying" the F-35 from the Lockheed Martin facility at Naval Air Reserve Station in Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards AFB.

The pilot had landed at Kirtland at about 1 p.m. local time to refuel, and had just taken off bound for Edwards AFB when the crash occurred, the Kirtland spokesperson said.

An F-35 can't fly from Fort Worth to Edwards without refueling???

Didn't have a full tank...
May 30, 2024, 04:24 PM
jerkyjer
Sorry, I’m not gifted enough to post the pic. There is an image somewhere of the ejection. Plane is barely off the ground. I hope that pilot gets to fly again.


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May 30, 2024, 05:55 PM
trapper189
quote:
An F-35 can't fly from Fort Worth to Edwards without refueling???

Apple maps says 1,300 miles from Fort Worth to Edwards and google says the F-35 has a range greater than 1,200nm or 1,380 miles. How much greater, I was not able to find.
May 30, 2024, 06:08 PM
Expert308
quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
quote:
An F-35 can't fly from Fort Worth to Edwards without refueling???

Apple maps says 1,300 miles from Fort Worth to Edwards and google says the F-35 has a range greater than 1,200nm or 1,380 miles. How much greater, I was not able to find.

Hmm. OK, 1380 vs 1300 is a pretty near thing, definitely close enough to warrant a fuel stop for safety.