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Thunderbird Crashes

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:31 pm
by HenryJ
We spent the day at the Mountian Home AFB for the Gunfighters air show.

You may have already heard that Airforce's Thunderbird #6 crashed (I was told it was number 6, not confirmed).



The plane was doing a loop, and it sounded like the engine was off as it came around to recover. The plane did level out at about 100 ft , and the pilot ejected. The chute didn't quite open before hitting ground.

We did see the pilot raise to his feet afterwards , but He was taken by ambulance.



I was still watching in disbelief when I snapped this shot-

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Needless to say the rest of the show was cancelled.

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:34 pm
by a2b
wow, good pic. think he died?

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:37 pm
by HenryJ
a2b wrote:wow, good pic. think he died?


Just heard a news report that He is alright!



The red arrow points to him walking away from the fire created by the ejection seat.

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News here reports that He is Capt. Chris Stricklin from Shelby, Alabama and confirmed it was indeed jet #6



He was released from the hospital 9:00 pm in good condition, and returned to the air base.



Local Coverage



Video footage



Viewer photos

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 9:43 pm
by a2b
i cant get the video link to work.....hope he's alright. the ejection alone could of killed him.

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:52 am
by adrenalnjunky
you have to have realPlayer installed--which IMO is a crappy player program.



so I nstalled it at work :-)