[simpits-tech] Once again...

[Gene Buckle]

> >
> > THUNDERBIRD DOWN!
> > Shortly after 3:15 p.m. yesterday, an U.S. Air Force Thunderbird was
> > lost during a flight display at an air show in Idaho. Early reports say
> > the pilot ejected safely, but his F-16 was dramatically destroyed in
> > front of a crowd of thousands when it crashed on airport grounds at the
> > Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base. Witnesses
> > told the Idaho Statesman the aircraft had performed a vertical climb and
> > roll, pulling over the top, but as it dove, appeared to be "dropping
> > like he had no control." Pilot Kris Stricklin of Nellis Air Force Base
> > (Nevada) was treated by military medical personnel; the aircraft left a
> > burning path near the control tower.
>
>
> Ouch.  Is it just me or is the number of displays incidents rising each
> year?
>
I think was the first US mishap.  Well airshow mishap anyway.

g.