Red Arrow Crashes on Landing

[johnnywb]

Apparently a Hawk from the Red Arrows has crashed on landing at RAF Cranwell after one side of the landing gear collapsed.

Aircrew ejected and understood to be OK.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/75...

ETA: further info from pprune

Edited by johnnywb on Wednesday 20th August 16:19

[TUS 373]

Crikey - hope they are OK. I've always been a fan of the Red Arrows.

[Badgerboy]

And this is why Zero-Zero ejector seats are good.

[gazza_3]

Interesting I've just had the Red Arrows come belting it over the house. It sounded amazing!

[Buster Bakdorzin]

Hope the chaps are alright. IIRC, its 2 ejects then career over (can anyone confirm?) due to the spinal compression from the force generated by the ejacualtion.

Edited by Buster Bakdorzin on Wednesday 20th August 16:23

[FourWheelDrift]

Who says it's a Red Arrows Hawk? They use black liveried Hawks for jet training at Cranwell.

[_Batty_]

Buster Bakdorzin said:

ejacualtion.

*sniggers*

[johnnywb]

Buster Bakdorzin said:

Hope the chaps are alright. IIRC, its 2 ejects then career over (can anyone confirm?) due to the spinal compression from the force generated by the ejacualtion.

Edited by Buster Bakdorzin on Wednesday 20th August 16:23

I understood it was 3. To be honest, if you've had to bang out three times, you'd probably be ready to retire!

[johnnywb]

FourWheelDrift said:

Who says it's a Red Arrows Hawk? They use black liveried Hawks for jet training at Cranwell.

Military area on PPrune forum

[Badgerboy]

One of my old instructors couldn't fly fast jet anymore after a few ejections. Still had problems with his back to this day.

[tigger1]

Badgerboy said:

One of my old instructors couldn't fly fast jet anymore after a few ejections. Still had problems with his back to this day.

Like Buster said, one too many high-speed ejaculations is too much for an old chap

[MentalSarcasm]

Jeez, how many plane crashes is that this week?

At this rate I'll be spending tomorrow and Friday walking around looking up at the sky in case another one takes a drop.

Still at least the pilots are okay.

[LeeME3]

It was a training jet not a Red Arrows jet.

Something wetn wrong, the crew banged out, the wreckage stayed within the airfield boundary, no one was hurt. End of story really - although East Midlands news did their best to big it up into a major disaster!

There is no 'hard and fast rule' about 2 or 3 ejections, however, it is reckoned that most people will have spine compression after 3. Modern seats have a much smoother acceleration phase so the risk of injury is slightly lower - some seats are clever enough to know what minimum level of force is required (eg if you're at 20,000 ft you don't need to punch out so fast) thus further reducing injury.