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From:	FHH	(Tue Feb 10 01:55:14 2004)
Your tax dollars at work...
From:	JoeDoc	(Mon Feb 23 08:34:50 2004)
About 300 car owners are about to speed dial their insurance offices.
From:	TM	(Mon Mar 1 02:11:57 2004)
lets always remember to set our altimeters correctly kids! and yes, of course... your tax dollars at work!
From:	rdlongpre@noos.fr	(Mon Mar 8 14:23:41 2004)
As a pilot I can attest that MSL and AGL are not the same thing. I wonder if GWB knows that when it comes to taxes!
From:	MYAUN@SBCGLOBAL.NET	(Sun Mar 21 08:56:02 2004)
READING THE COMMENTS ABOVE, BELEIVE ME THEY WERE NOT WRITTEN BY PILOTS. PUT THEM IN THIS BRAVE MANS PLACE THEY WOULD SH__ IN THEIR FLIGHT SUIT JUST BEFORE THEIR DEATH IN THE BALL OF FIRE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT WALLS THESE PEOPLE USUALLY WRITE ON.>>MAY GOD FORGIVE THEM
From:	TM	(Tue Apr 6 00:12:01 2004)
in response to the above comment: i am a pilot, and i have read the accident reports on this incident. it was, in fact, the pilots failure to set his altimeter corectly! careful what you assume, MYAUN!
From:	Skibo777	(Sat May 22 02:58:13 2004)

From:	Goibneu@AOL.com	(Sat Jun 5 04:39:08 2004)
Willie finds out what "That" button does....
From:	Intrepid	(Mon Jun 7 21:15:54 2004)
This was in the Denver paper a few months ago, he didn't have his altimeter set correctly and he came out of a loop too low and couldn't recover quick enough.
From:	TM	(Tue Jun 8 03:26:31 2004)
intrepid, you are correct except for one thing. it was actually a split "s" maneuver. its all good though...!
From:	sorin	(Thu Jul 22 06:52:31 2004)
i gues the aircraft didn't tolerate him
From:	shane	(Sat Jul 24 22:01:48 2004)
that definetly isn't in the show schedule.
From:	roman dude	(Thu Sep 9 14:18:09 2004)
i feel bad for the jet...
From:	Chilipepper	(Thu Sep 23 20:17:24 2004)
And to think I skipped the airhsow to go fishing that weekend.
From:	Lawdog15	(Thu Nov 18 10:14:22 2004)
Mountain Home AFB airshow
From:	Matt	(Thu Dec 23 21:43:18 2004)
You say they do this at every show. I call that impressive.
From:	Gumpster	(Thu Jan 6 20:04:32 2005)
Does anyone else find it funny that you have to have a college degree in the Air Force to fly a plane but only a high school diploma to fix them???
From:	Mcguyver	(Wed Jan 12 00:59:24 2005)
Plus in the civilian world you can make more money driving a bus
From:	John	(Sun Jan 30 20:16:25 2005)
Thunderbird #6 dissappeareing into a cloud of smoke!
From:	caruba24	(Tue Feb 22 09:29:42 2005)
Thank God for Martin Baker ejection seats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
From:	maddog2840	(Mon Mar 7 10:13:09 2005)
Now direct your attention to Show Center as Captain Chris Stricklin in Thunderbird Six demonstartes the Aces II Ejection Seat in a maximum performance climb.
From:	FFR-31_Driver	(Wed Sep 28 11:27:50 2005)
Eval Keneval decided to try something faster than a bike...
From:	s2fjohn	(Fri Sep 30 15:05:28 2005)
His altimeter was set correctly - the error was in his calculation done before show start for the height at the top of the maneuver, he used bad data (temperture vs barometric pressure) to calculate the altitude (not AGL but MSL) needed to safely perform the maneuver.
From:	c morton	(Mon Nov 21 11:24:56 2005)
DAMN IT!! Air Boss is gonna be pissed! God, please don't let my chute open!!!!
From:	knight	(Tue Dec 27 21:46:58 2005)
"Air Boss" is a NAVY position. That's an Air Force jet, moron!
From:	knight	(Tue Dec 27 21:50:06 2005)
I'm an aircraft mechanic in the Air force and believe me, we have more education than just a high school diploma. I've been in the Air Force for 18 YRS, and am STILL learning new things. Pilots graduate from college and they are done.
From:	Sean	(Mon Jan 23 12:08:50 2006)
Hey, pilots are not "done" when they get out of college. We learn stuff on the job, and in the air.
From:	eman_woods	(Thu Mar 23 22:31:35 2006)
i'll bet the pilot's gonna check his pants after that one!!
From:	Spity	(Thu Aug 3 01:32:11 2006)
Bit of an Expencive waste just to show how an ejection seat works!
From:	lino	(Fri Sep 22 18:58:51 2006)
i wonder what this does?
From:	Rivas	(Wed Oct 4 11:19:36 2006)
Easy on the pinto beans before you fly.
From:	J.Smith	(Wed Oct 11 13:56:16 2006)
OOOO what does this button d- SHIT!
From:	Budman	(Sun Oct 29 13:45:18 2006)
Sir James Martin saves the day (and the pilot) once again. Martin/Baker ejection seats kick ass.
From:	JM	(Thu Nov 16 11:08:28 2006)
I wanna be an airborn rangerrrrrrrrrrrrr ! where is the lysol and dont go in there
From:	JR Miller	(Wed Nov 29 20:36:41 2006)
At airshows shortly before takeoff, ground crews vigorusly massage the aircraft so that the aircraft ejaculates shortly after takeoff producing this truely spectacular effect.
From:	Flipper	(Thu Jun 7 21:19:13 2007)
Should have called Geico
From:	Horrie	(Sun Jul 1 04:32:13 2007)
Wrong buttom ????? I saw that many years ago in a Sabre.(Argentinian one)
From:	Steve Edinger	(Wed Aug 1 01:07:14 2007)
One "funny" point. A major purpose of air shows is to encourage people to join the military, including potential pilots. How many people saw this and decided to sign up?
From:	Steve Edinger	(Wed Aug 1 01:08:31 2007)
Also, there is no point in either enlisted or officers trying to suggest they are the ones who keep up on training while the other side of the house does not. Anybody who has been in the military knows training is "forever", except perhaps in times of war!
From:	Wes Mallory	(Tue Aug 21 04:51:02 2007)
Ouch!
From:	Diamond Joe Quimby	(Tue Sep 18 12:40:03 2007)
We have a budget crunch people, catch the canopy.
From:	Sorry, I pulled the wrong watcha me call it	(Mon Nov 19 11:27:04 2007)
Sorry boss I pulled the wrong watcha me call it
From:	donny dee	(Wed Feb 6 16:46:08 2008)
Altimeter setting is simple, Make sure it at nought when you are on the ground
From:	Dutch meister	(Fri Feb 15 08:32:13 2008)
This guy must have thought that it would be part of the show. I guess he was wrong.
From:	Thud Driver	(Tue Feb 19 01:33:20 2008)
You know, if you look at the attitude & sink rate of the aircraft at the moment of ejection, I think he would have made it (barely) but I sure don't blame him for not waiting to see...
From:	CF104	(Wed Mar 12 13:46:57 2008)
ACES II seats are not made by Martin Baker(UK). They are made by Goodrich in the USA and equip the F-16. Eject, Eject, Eject!!!!
From:	Air4ceFlyBoy	(Thu Mar 13 20:35:48 2008)
So, where does this pilot work now?
From:	Air4ceFlyBoy	(Thu Mar 13 20:36:05 2008)
So, where does this pilot work now?
From:	jj	(Mon Mar 24 01:26:58 2008)
If my tax dollars are going down in flames...I only wish I was there to have seen this shit hit the ground.
From:	Gordon	(Tue Jul 21 19:49:36 2009)
As a pilot for more than 50 years (USAF abd Coommercial carriers) I can tell you that the pilot was thinking of two things: 1. Clear the crowd, and 2, EJECT and give the airplane back to Uncle Sugar!
From:	DrTracy	(Tue Sep 22 09:43:32 2009)
The most amazing thing about this is that the pilot went to work at the Pentagon after his screw up. As the old saying goes, screw up and move up!
From:	Mike	(Sun Feb 7 17:07:42 2010)
MYAUN, you are a bigger ass the the dope who destroyed this plane.Spare us your bullshit bravado

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