Bird vs F-16

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F-16 vs. Bird: "A Bird Strike," as seen through the HUD of a two seat F16.
You can see the bird just prior to impact. These guys were very cool note
the heavy breathing...they certainly flew longer than one would expect
before ejecting.

Airspeed can be observed on the HUDs upper left corner.

On the other hand, it just goes to show how quickly your day can go to
pieces, 45 seconds from strike to ejection.

All-in-all not bad for the emergency checklist, two relight attempts, and
picking out a plowed field for impact. You can follow the audio attached to
it and hear the conversation between the pilot and instructor pilot and the
tower including the pilot saying they were punching out. The tower didn't
seem to copy the IFE transmission.

The video continues until impact. A classic "buying the farm" as you can
see

These Guys Earn Their Keep!!
 
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I wonder if the USAF credited the bird (posthumously) with bringing down the F-16?

Just goes to show you how fragile these things are...
 
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bulldogg said:
If I hear the tape right this is actually a T-6 and not an F-16, right or wrong boss?
You're half-correct, it's not a Viper -- I couldn't hear the tape on Missileer's file, but one of the other forums I belong to posted this back in August and it was determined that it was, in fact, an RCAF BAE Hawk on a training run.

Full thread here: http://www.passatworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190405 -- including links to news stories. And yes, I'm the same AJChenMPH on that forum as well. (We're a bunch of Volkswagen Passat lovers.)

EDIT: duh, no wonder I couldn't hear anything -- my laptop was muted. :bang:
 
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mmarsh said:
I wonder if the USAF credited the bird (posthumously) with bringing down the F-16?


That's a great question that I think should be answered. We'll just tack it onto my own personal scoreboard.

Mother Nature: 5,486,152
Man: 7
 
bulldogg said:
If I hear the tape right this is actually a T-6 and not an F-16, right or wrong boss?
BD,
I'm not sure. It came in an email with the caption. Does the T-6 have a HUD? Could be, sure would have been cheaper.
 
Ah, but if we only had "Bugs". :mrgreen:

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Cadet Seaman said:
I saw this one at one of our meetings, I think it was a T-6.
Maybe, but this news article is pretty compelling to me that it was a Hawk:
Bird tabbed as probable cause of crash
Saskatchewan News Network; Regina Leader-Post
May 18, 2004

REGINA (SNN) -- The military jet trainer that crashed near Moose Jaw Friday afternoon might have been brought down by a bird, the commander of the Canadian Forces' 15 Wing said Monday.

"What's being looked at is a bird strike -- the ingestion by the engine of a bird," Col. Alain Boyer said. "That's what the No. 1 theory is right now. That would explain the loss of thrust from the engine."

Canadian Forces Capt. John Hutt, the instructor aboard the Hawk trainer, and the student, flight Lieut. Ed Morris of Britain's Royal Air Force, both ejected at about 300 meters.

Morris was unhurt and was back at the base Friday night, but Hutt is in Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital with a broken leg, Boyer said Monday. "He was operated on last night."

Investigating the crash is a team of about 10 people, including personnel from the Canadian Forces Directorate of Flight Safety, the Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment at Cold Lake, Alta., and specialists in medicine and safety systems.

15 Wing's 19 remaining Hawk aircraft were briefly grounded, but were back in service Monday, said Boyer.

The loss of the Hawk jet will not affect the base's training schedule because losses through attrition were built into the original order for aircraft, he added.

The crash of the CT-155 Hawk occurred late Friday afternoon as the aircraft was doing "touch-and-go" landings. In these, a crew practises landings by lining up on a runway, reducing speed and altitude until it is just above the runway, then applying power, gaining altitude and climbing away.

The aircraft crashed about two kilometres northwest of the base, which itself is located south of Moose Jaw's southern city limits.

The Hawk is used for advanced jet pilot training under the NATO Flight Training in Canada program at 15 Wing, which trains pilots from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy, Hungary and Singapore as well as Canada.

© The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) 2004
The link is buried in the link that I had posted earlier.
 
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