F16 Dutch pilot shoots himself

[aspeck]

Dutch F16 pilot shot down during practice runs ... by himself! This is impressive!

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/04/dutch-f-16-takes-cannon-fire-from-itself/

 

[Tyme2fish]

You'll shoot your eye out.

 

[GA_Boater]

Then there was the story about a civilian passenger being ejected from a fighter during a demo flight. No video, darn it!

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme...accidentally-fired-from-fighter-ejection-seat

 

[GA_Boater]

This seems to be an odd news thread so - A 3 year old locks his dad's iPad until 2067. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/09/tech/locked-ipad-boy-trnd/index.html

 

[jimmbo]

Pilots have been flying into their own Bullets since the dawn of the Jet Age, but it really became common after Fighter Planes could go supersonic

 

[jimmbo]

Then there was the story about a civilian passenger being ejected from a fighter during a demo flight. No video, darn it!

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...-ejection-seat

Hope he had a Parachute, and not one of the lowest bid models that opens on Impact

 

[aspeck]

20mm leaves the muzzle at 2,350 mph. F-16 on full afterburner is doing a little over 1500 mph. The F-16 can maintain that speed, the 20mm round can't.

It's long been known that you should not fire the guns then stay in a straight line UNDER the bullet path. European allies had the same problem back in the 60s. There have been several reports of US pilots doing the same thing. The other issue that pilots have had is when doing a 10 degree strafing run, bullet ricochets have been know to happen and the pilot has shot himself. I have heard that US protocol is no longer to do 10 degree strafing runs (at least during practice).