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Old April 22nd 07, 09:58 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.aviation.piloting
Mike Hunt
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Default Blue Angels plane crashes

Mxsmanic wrote:

See

http://us.cnn.com/2007/US/04/21/blue...ash/index.html


Interesting quote he

"On an F-18, you have two motors, and if they take [a bird] in the
engine, it could cause engine failure and shut that down," he said. He
said the plane is capable of flying in excess of 450 mph.

An F-18 can fly in excess of 450 MPH.. Who would've guessed?