Without engines the plane still glides for a short period and can be steered unless the tail rudder was gone and electronics were shot. I watch too many war movies since I work for the navy.
-----Original Message----- From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:42 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: F-18 from Miramar just went down in my neighborhood It sounded like a hardware failure, engines probably. 2008/12/9 Scott Raley -ITC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The article says this guy is a "student Pilot" ... flying a two seater jet > by himself.. so if he is a student by the definition I read in the > dictionary of student.. why is he flying by himself? > > I work on the Navy base that is the HQ for F-18 R&D department (all models) > and they are wondering why he didn't turn the plane away from a residential > neighborhood before ejecting.. But no one here has received any official > information that we know of. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282411 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
