----- Original Message -----
From: John Dickey
To: undisclosed recipients:
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:22 AM
Subject: FW: F-16 Dead stick into Elizabeth City, N.C.
--- On Thu, 1/27/11, Patrick Odooley <patrickodooley@hotmail.com>
wrote:
From: Patrick Odooley <patrickodooley@hotmail.com>
Subject: FW: F-16 Dead stick into Elizabeth City, N.C.
To: ghabelt@aol.com
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 9:15 AM
this guy lands better with no power than I do with power.
Patrick O. Dooley
Supreme Commander
(214) 695-0223
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From: Ghabelt@aol.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:47:20 -0500
Subject: Fwd: FW: F-16 Dead stick into Elizabeth City, N.C.
To: ghabelt@aol.com
Who says you can't dead stick glide a fighter jet to a landing !
Hell, even the Air Force can !!
Here's the F-16 dead stick into Elizabeth City, NC: A fairly short
RWY for jets, (about 6000 ft long), but qualifies for an "Emergency landing
field" in the grand scheme of US aviation.
You'll probably have to watch the video several times to appreciate
how intense the situation and how busy the pilot was all the way to stopping
on the runway. Very apparently, the pilot was one-of-four F-16s in a flight
returning to their base, (most probably from the Navy Dare bombing range
south of Manteo), and the F-16 in question had already reported a
"Ruff-Running Engine" to his flight leader before the start of the video.
A few comments not readily apparent are: - The whole episode, from
start-to-finish only takes about 3 1/2 minutes! - The video begins as the
flight is being followed on radar. The flight leader askes for the Elizabeth
City tower UHF freq which is repeated as 355.6 and the entire flight
switches to that freq: Just one-more-task for the pilot to execute in the
cockpit as he reports that his engine has QUIT. He has to activate the
Emergency Unit to maintain electric and hydraulic power. This unit is
powered by Hydrazine: (the caustic fuel that Germany created in WW II to
power their V-2 Rockets and their ME-163 rocket fighters among others.) Thus,
the last call about requesting fire support after the jet is safe on deck,
and pilot breathing easy. - Meanwhile, back in the cockpit, the pilot is
busily attempting to "Re-light" his engine: (Unsuccessfully, of course) while
tending to everything else.
- The video is taken using the Head-Up-Display (HUD) camera which
also has a voice recorder.
- The HUD is a very busy instrument, but among things to notice are
the 'circle' in the middle which represents the nose of the aircraft and
where it is 'pointed': "The velocity Vector". - The flight leader reports they
are 7-miles out from the airport and at 9000 ft altitude. Since the weather
is clear and the airport is in sight, this allows for adequate "Gliding
distance" to reach a runway with the engine OFF. Rest assured, jet fighters
glide sorta like a rock. They don't enjoy the higher lift design of an
airliner like that which allowed Sullenburger to land in the NY river.
- Coming down 9000 ft in only 7-miles requires a helluva rate of
descent, so the pilot's nose remains well below the "Horizon" until just
prior to touching down on the runway. The HUD horizon is a solid, lateral
bar, and below the horizon, the horizontal lines appear as dashes. You'll see
a "10" on the second dashed line below the horizon which = 10-degrees nose
low. - Radio chatter includes the flight leader calling the tower and the
tower stating runway 10 with wind 070@5MPH + altimeter setting of 30.13: yet
another step for the pilot to consider.. - The flight leader calls for the
pilot to jettison his external fuel tanks and askes anothe pilot in the
flight to "Mark" where they dropped.. The tower later tells the pilot to
land on any rwy he chooses. - Pilot reports "Three in the green" indicating
all three gear indicate down and locked which the flight leader acknowledges.
- You will hear the computer voice of "Bitchin'-Betty" calling out
"Warnings". More confusing chatter when none is welcome or even necessary.
(That's "Hi-Tech" for ya.) - The pilot has only ONE CHANCE to get this right
and must also slow to an acceptable landing speed in order to stop on the
short runway. You'll see Black rubber on the rwy where "The rubber meets
the road" in the touchdown area. Note that during rollout, he gets all the
way to the far end which you can see by all the black skid marks where planes
have landed heading in the opposite direction.
OK: That's more than ya probably wanted to know, but you have to
appreciate the fine job this guy did in calmly managing this emergency
situation. He is a "USAF Reserve" pilot and those guys generally have plenty
of experience. That really pays off.
Plze scroll down for the link + Enjoy.
The pilot just saved about $20+m at his own risk.......Great job!
best,
Note the breathing rate on the hot mic and also the sink rate
(airspeed tape on the left side of the heads up display.
See if you can keep all of the radio transmissions straight.
Probably the coolest sounding voice in the whole mix is the pilot
of the engine out aircraft.
Just a reminder an F-16 has only one engine.
When it goes, you are coming down.
It is just a matter of figuring out where the airplane will come
to rest on terra firma.
Nice job....cool pilot!
http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/SUPERGT/3384/
For those not familiar, the EPU (Electrical Power Unit)
provides hydraulic and electrical power in event of failure of the
engine, electrical or hydraulics.
The EPU is powered by Hydrazine which decomposes into hot gasses
as it passes across a catalyst bed or engine bleed air (if available).
The hot air passes through a turbine which drives the emergency
hydraulic pump and generator through a gear box.
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