[simpits-tech] F-15 Inflight Emergency Video

[Ed Henderson]

Oops...  forgot the rest of it..

0061 c/n 0247/A213.  (110 FS, 131 FW) suffered engine fire, landed 100 knots
too fast at Whiteman AFB, MO and ran off runway Nov 9 1995. w/o May 1, 1996.




Gene Buckle wrote:
>> Got this from a friend...  not sure if it has circulated around simpits 
>> yet... 
>> Subject: F-15 with a fire in the right engine bay
>>
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>> This is an interesting scenario of an F-15 with a fire in the right engine 
>> bay.  The pilot shuts down the engine, but the fire continues.  He decides to 
>> try to save the airplane and land at Whiteman.  You can see the airspeed and 
>> altitude tapes in the HUD and listen to his conversation.  He touches down at 
>> high speed but can't get it stopped and ejects at the departure end of the 
>> runway.  The pilot is very professional in handling this emergency,  Check 
>> the rate of respiration and the fact that the camera and some cockpit 
>> information systems seem to be still working after the aircraft finishes 
>> crashing . He gets the message about "bingo" fuel after all the parts have 
>> stopped moving .
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>>     
> Thanks for the link Ed.  I caught that last week.  I wonder what the tail 
> # was...
>
> g.
>
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