"Hugh Jimancock" wrote in message
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I saw Thunderbird #6 hit the dirt today at Mountain Home Air Force Base,
in
Idaho. Pretty spectacular.

Pilot made it out OK.

It looked like he either lost engine, or had a flight control failure. He
was coming out of the first loop right after takeoff. Might have been
coming
in too low too quick, but he punched out at 100', so I kinda doubt it was
that.

As an F-16 crew chief for 9 years, it was pretty shocking to see.



Another link to a Yahoo story...............

http://story.news.yahoo.com/newstmpl...air_show_crash