F18 Hornet near crash - Gijon Air Festival

[Jazoli]

Has anyone else seen this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfk/s/KbZfr...

https://youtube.com/shorts/_Xn_yLwsQgI?si=lHMp0_pU...

Looked seconds away from disaster

[Simpo Two]

The swear censor has rather knackered your first link.

https://x.com/polymarketintel/status/1949748672285...

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 28th July 13:41

[aeropilot]

Pilot will be chucking that flight suit in the bin when he landed, and walked awkwardly across the flightline after getting out.....

Be an interesting post flight debrief session

[GliderRider]

Which of the following will feature in the debrief?

• "y tú, imbécil, tienes suerte de estar aquí"
• "Puedes enseñar a los monos a volar mejor que eso."
• "Hijo, tu ego está escribiendo cheques que tu cuerpo no puede cobrar."
• "Tú no eres dueño de ese avión, los contribuyentes sí."
• "Ahora, ¿qué pasa contigo?"

[JoshSm]

Simpo Two said:

The swear censor has rather knackered your first link.

https://x.com/polymarketintel/status/1949748672285...

bksed that up completely, the recovery was as much luck as anything else.

Even if had gone perfectly running a display there wasn't exactly a great idea and we almost got to see why.

[zsdom]

He Spanish airforce have put together a short thread on what happened
https://x.com/ejercitoaire/status/1949849926852034...

[Tony1963]

zsdom said:

He Spanish airforce have put together a short thread on what happened
https://x.com/ejercitoaire/status/1949849926852034...

To save time, the crux of it is:

[JoshSm]

Spanish not having a lot of luck with birds at displays recently if that's the reason.

Still shows it was a stupid display plan given how little option he had for either recovering from the (claimed) evasion or if he had actually taken a serious birdstrike.

[hidetheelephants]

Crowdsurfing in a fighter aircraft isn't recommended. Yikes.

[demic]

JoshSm said:

Spanish not having a lot of luck with birds at displays recently if that's the reason.

Still shows it was a stupid display plan given how little option he had for either recovering from the (claimed) evasion or if he had actually taken a serious birdstrike.

The first clip on this video gives a different perspective, it’s taken from the cliff tops further out into the bay. There does seem to be a flock of birds.

https://youtu.be/dqB2TKesP-Q?si=LGkg08ae81bF36pS

[CanAm]

Simpo Two said:

The swear censor has rather knackered your first link.

https://x.com/polymarketintel/status/1949748672285...

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 28th July 13:41

If you Quote the first post you can of course copy the full uncensored original.

[48k]

And this kids is why you display parallel to the crowd line.

[Simpo Two]

CanAm said:

Simpo Two said:

The swear censor has rather knackered your first link.

https://x.com/polymarketintel/status/1949748672285...

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 28th July 13:41

If you Quote the first post you can of course copy the full uncensored original.

I had a couple of goes at reconstructing the URL but without success, so I put the thread title into Google.

Anyway, if the Spanish air force think that manoeuvre helps save pilots' lives, they're deluded.