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WTF!!! (French Airforce FUBAR)

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SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: james_s on April 12, 2020, 06:34:48 am ---
--- Quote from: shakalnokturn on April 11, 2020, 12:38:16 pm ---I'm sure they enjoy their job, just I don't enjoy them doing their job.
Now having a couple of hints on how seriously the elite are doing their job over our heads, yes F... them!

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I think you might feel differently if your country didn't have a well trained and practiced military and some other nation decided to invade. I mean it's not like that's ever happened before...

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Yeah. It's probably annoying if you live close to an exercise zone, but unfortunately it's your problem. That's not a reason to wish we had no fighter jet pilots.
Likewise if you are unfortunate enough to live close to an airport, that can be almost unbearable, but would you wish air transport were banned altogether? ::)

james_s:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 12, 2020, 03:13:20 pm ---Yeah. It's probably annoying if you live close to an exercise zone, but unfortunately it's your problem. That's not a reason to wish we had no fighter jet pilots.
Likewise if you are unfortunate enough to live close to an airport, that can be almost unbearable, but would you wish air transport were banned altogether? ::)

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I quite like it myself. I live directly under one of the approach paths to SeaTac international airport and I enjoy watching the planes fly over me at just a few thousand feet, I often leave a scanner on and listen to the approach and departure frequencies. I'm near Boeing as well and they fly new aircraft overhead on test flights as well as every now and then a Dreamlifter or AN-124 freighter flies directly over at about 2,000ft, the latter in particular is an impressive site. I actually would love to live a bit closer to an airport so I could have a better view. I go to airshows any time I hear of one too, airplanes are amazing machines.

Halcyon:
I'm guessing a strongly worded directive was sent around shortly after that.

 :-DD

wasyoungonce:
Something in this whole story is wrong.  Most fighter Acft have a mode selection switch or "mode selector"...which would be selected normal....if rear initiated ejection the front would stay....I'd say the Rafale would have this

https://psemc.com/products/explosive-sequence-control/

This suggests it does....http://www.safran-martin-baker.com/smbf_web/UK/ejection-seat-MKF16F.awp

Why does this matter....it has 3 settings, normal, solo, rear.  "Rear" ... commands ejection (instructor initiated), "Solo"...when flying solo front seat ejects only,  "Normal"...any rear initiated will not eject the front unless the front also ejects...!  Its possible the rear seater changed this selection?

SeanB:
I live below a flight path.....

Flypast by SeanB_ZA, on Flickr

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