[simpits-chat] Fwd: Fw: Flight Safety Information (20JAN03-029) (fwd)

Ben Jones simpits-chat@simpits.org
Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:47:59 +0800


> > >
> > >Fighter Jet Overshoots Australian Runway
> > >
> > >SYDNEY, Australia - A U.S. fighter jet overshot a runway and rolled
into
> > >trees while attempting to land at an air base in western Australia. Its
> > >pilot was not injured.

all tho the flight suit needed a good drycleaning after

> > >
> > >The F/A-18 Hornet was one of 20 from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham
> > >Lincoln, which stopped in Australia for repair and maintenance work.

and the rest !

> > >rolled off the runway late Friday at the base about 30 miles north of

geeze that was the quickest roll off a end of a runway ive seen in ages

> > the
> > >state capital, Perth. "It was going in to land at Pearce air base ...

yeah technically it landed twice at pearce then went bush

> > >would appear that he's overshot the runway and ended up in a private
> > >paddock,"

What after seeing a aircraft in a paddock , the reporter says " IT WOULD
APPEAR THAT "
 geeze mate i think he needs new glasses or a career change


 Western Australia state police Duty Inspector Garry Kosovich
> > said.
> > >A U.S. military spokesman was not immediately available for comment. A
> > >spokesman for the Australian Defense Force declined comment.
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> > >