 danthew
Male, 18-29, Europe
 2137 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:31:57 PM
Are the ejection seats automatic? He looks a bit too close to the ground for much reaction time. |
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 jag1989
Male, 18-29, Europe
46 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:31:48 PM
oh the irony of the "Entering Vehicle Control Zone" sign in the background |
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 yarrrpirate
Male, 18-29, Europe
397 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:29:22 PM
Yay video! |
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 twifanny
Female, 30-39, Eastern US
26 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:29:18 PM
More pictures here |
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 SunThunder
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
98 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:17:33 PM
projectwind, your right. ejection seats will work when on the ground, so they would work here to. |
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canadianguy7
Male, 30-39, Canada
6 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:15:30 PM
This is not shopped, it happened in My hometown of Lethbridge Friday, the pilot was attempting a low lying slow pass in a CF-18 Hornet when it veered right on him (he was to preform it at the International Airshow this weekend). THE PILOT IS OK, he is still in hospital, but is already "joking around" about it. The Dept. of National Defence is here investigating the incident. |
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 ShadowMoses
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
257 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:53:53 PM
@SidOfOdin, that's the ejection seat, silly. |
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projectwind
Male, 18-29, Western US
11 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:53:38 PM
bridog6996 you are WRONG. Modern ejection seats are zero-zero. That means they work even with zero altitude and zero airspeed. |
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bridog6996
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
563 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:43:59 PM
That guy still probably got pretty effed up. Parachutes need a certain amount of falling time to fully open up in the air, and even then you need some more falling time for the air drag to slow you down a significant amount. He doesn't have nearly enough. From the looks of the picture, it was probably equivalent to falling off a 4 or 5 story building. He'd be lucky to not die from that. So I guess you could say he got very lucky twice in a row, assuming he's not dead. |
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 unlk
Male, 18-29, S. America
233 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:41:26 PM
not shopped, read an article about it yesterday...he was practicing for some fighter pilots thingy in canada i think...the pictures from the explosion are pretty cool too |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14459 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:41:05 PM
A few seconds later. |
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 goaliejerry
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
4004 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:37:15 PM
There goes 30% of the Canadian defense budget.
Just kidding, that sucks.
Insanely good timing / focus on the part of the camera man. |
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Zanderman
Male, 18-29, Western US
7 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:36:31 PM
holy shiznaps!! |
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CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14459 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:21:15 PM
It was an F-18c, The pilot was Canadian. |
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ak2nc1
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
326 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:19:42 PM
If this isn't a shop, I wonder if he got BBQ'ed. |
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 SidOfOdin
Male, 13-17, Western US
7 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:18:45 PM
It appears he lost his pants in the ejection. |
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 chunkymonkie
Male, 13-17, Canada
675 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:17:00 PM
thats just a new landing technique |
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ukfra
Male, 18-29, Europe
47 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:16:16 PM
Ho Lee Crap!!!!! |
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 Wtfidklol
Male, 13-17, Western US
195 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:13:30 PM
THERE IS NO WAY THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE PHOTOSHOPPED.
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 Beaverfever
Male, 18-29, Canada
156 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:13:07 PM
This was a Canadian CF-18 in Lethbridge the other day. Was training for the air show. Guess he needed a mulligan. |
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 DickenMcHunt
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1140 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:12:08 PM
His boss is going to be PISSED... |
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 fancys_asst
Female, 18-29, Western US
0 Posts
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:48:06 AM
Link: Jet Pilot, Seconds From Death [Pic] [Rate Link] - Great timing... |
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