Supre Hornet blows tire and skids off runway

[Tom Callahan]

Landing after a perfect series of maneuvers during the airshow, this Super
Hornet blew the port tire. I was in line at the porta potty and heard the
explosion. By time I got back to the flight line the aircrew was exiting
the aircraft and the firetrucks were on the scene. The runway was then
closed for the rest of the airshow. Seems Pensacola doesn't have the
equipment to lift and repair a Super Hornet.

[Tom Callahan]

"Tom Callahan" > wrote in message
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> Landing after a perfect series of maneuvers during the airshow, this Super
> Hornet blew the port tire. I was in line at the porta potty and heard the
> explosion. By time I got back to the flight line the aircrew was exiting
> the aircraft and the firetrucks were on the scene. The runway was then
> closed for the rest of the airshow. Seems Pensacola doesn't have the
> equipment to lift and repair a Super Hornet.
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[Mitchell Holman]

"Tom Callahan" > wrote in
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>> Landing after a perfect series of maneuvers during the airshow, this
>> Super Hornet blew the port tire. I was in line at the porta potty and
>> heard the explosion. By time I got back to the flight line the aircrew
>> was exiting the aircraft and the firetrucks were on the scene. The
>> runway was then closed for the rest of the airshow. Seems Pensacola
>> doesn't have the equipment to lift and repair a Super Hornet.
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Too late. We are going to have to turn
you over to the Typo Police.......

[NoJags Neil]

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And he spelt "tyre" wrongly. ;-)

[Dave Kearton]

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>> Too late. We are going to have to turn
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> And he spelt "tyre" wrongly. ;-)
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Which is still within the international standard for typos per
meter.........





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Cheers

Dave Kearton (or metre in everywhere else)

[Proton Fox]

Wow. You'd think it was a Marine Bug the way it entrenched itself...

[adelsonsl]

MY FRIEND WHO FLIES FOR THE GEICO SKYTYPERS WERE NEXT IN LINE TO FLY WHEN
THIS HAPPENED. THEY WERE CANCELED BUT THE BLUE ANGELS WENT UP.

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"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well
> preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
> shouting
> "...Holy ****...what a ride!"

Ooooo
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All my friends were strangers once........some of them are still pretty
strange

[Tom Callahan]

Yeah, that was a bummer!! There was a delay of show of course. But with
the parallel runway the Skytypers could have performed safely. After all,
they did it on the other runway the day before when the B-1B was blocking
the same runway as the Super Hornet. It just would have meant keeping the
Blue Angels on the payroll a little longer this year. Now it's done and
they are in the transition mode, breaking in the new guys. (Very impressive
change of command ceremony here yesterday.)

Like I said, I was in the line for the porta potty (is that a mobile loo,
Dave?) when he blew the tire. My friends said he did a 270 spin and the
aircraft ended up backing off the runway into the soft turf. Reporters who
gravitated to that end of the runway got excited when the fire truck went
out to put out the fire. We had to explain to them the fire wasn't from the
aircraft but was from the Jet Truck which had performed just a tad earlier.
The grass was smoldering and starting to smoke. So, they sprayed it a
little. Made for an impressive but entirely out of context foto, Tom


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> MY FRIEND WHO FLIES FOR THE GEICO SKYTYPERS WERE NEXT IN LINE TO FLY WHEN
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[Scubabix]

Reporters who
> gravitated to that end of the runway got excited when the fire truck went
> out to put out the fire. We had to explain to them the fire wasn't from
> the aircraft but was from the Jet Truck which had performed just a tad
> earlier. The grass was smoldering and starting to smoke. So, they sprayed
> it a little. Made for an impressive but entirely out of context foto, Tom
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They had the firetrucks rolling here in Jacksonville the week before. The
S-3 Viking made a low, tight turn popping flares and started 3 fires on the
other side of the runway. A rough couple of weeks for airshows, thank
goodness no injuries.
Rob

[Alan[_1_]]

Zowie!
Got her all cleaned up to display at the show and the boys end up backin'
'er thru the mud!
Looks like the stbd stabilator took a little stress in the wrong way, just
doesn't look like it's hangin' right.




"Tom Callahan" > wrote in message
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> Landing after a perfect series of maneuvers during the airshow, this Super
> Hornet blew the port tire. I was in line at the porta potty and heard the
> explosion. By time I got back to the flight line the aircrew was exiting
> the aircraft and the firetrucks were on the scene. The runway was then
> closed for the rest of the airshow. Seems Pensacola doesn't have the
> equipment to lift and repair a Super Hornet.
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[Tom Callahan]

You're right. Maybe they can clean it up with soap and water. I'll try and
find out what happens. Seems there are no air bags around so they have to
sling lift this aircraft. I wonder how much the paperwork will weigh by
time they finish the investigation, the repairs, etc, Tom


"Alan" > wrote in message
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> Zowie!
> Got her all cleaned up to display at the show and the boys end up backin'
> 'er thru the mud!
> Looks like the stbd stabilator took a little stress in the wrong way, just
> doesn't look like it's hangin' right.
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> "Tom Callahan" > wrote in message
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>> Landing after a perfect series of maneuvers during the airshow, this
>> Super
>> Hornet blew the port tire. I was in line at the porta potty and heard
>> the
>> explosion. By time I got back to the flight line the aircrew was exiting
>> the aircraft and the firetrucks were on the scene. The runway was then
>> closed for the rest of the airshow. Seems Pensacola doesn't have the
>> equipment to lift and repair a Super Hornet.
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