[simpits-chat] United States Navy Flops a f18 on landing
Ben Jones
simpits-chat@simpits.org
Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:09:16 +0800
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I saw a interesting thing this weekend, when i was on base, a United =
States Navy f18 ran off the runway ploughed through a cattle fence then =
proceeded to try and become one with nature stopping in a pile of trees, =
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Man i dont know how this pilot can land on a carrier , when he runs off =
the end of a nerely 3 kilometer runway you gotta think " What happened =
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The aircraft is pretty buggered , may be i should be building a fa18 =
pit instead . i hear parts a cheep and avaliable ex australia
anyhow cant say any more , =20
ben
bjones@pipecomp.com.au
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