[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

They still fly those don't they? It's been a long time since i seen one here.
JP

Still can see Ag Cats dusting crops over in northern Louisiana.

[11SQNLDR]

My condolences to you American taxpayers, that's $1,400,000,000 going up in smoke

Glad that the crew lived to tell the tale though.

[Hoverbug]

And all for a lack of a little pitot heat. I think this falls in to "err is human, but to really screw up, you need a computer."

Originally Posted by 11SQNLDR

My condolences to you American taxpayers, that's $1,400,000,000 going up in smoke

Glad that the crew lived to tell the tale though.

[Kaptin_Kirk]

I'm just glad those guys got out alive.

[flyXwire]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

They still fly those don't they? It's been a long time since i seen one here.
JP

You can see crop dusters doing 'Cuban 8' along the stretch of Hwy 80 just outside the Sacramento area on any given day.

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by flyXwire

You can see crop dusters doing 'Cuban 8' along the stretch of Hwy 80 just outside the Sacramento area on any given day.

I use to see thim all the time around the Willows and Woodland area of I-5 heading towards Sacramento but have not seen one in a while for some reason.
It could be the time of day i was driving through there and just missed them i guess.
To bad too i liked seeing them they are great pilots .It's like watching a mini airshow from the highway...
JP

[flyXwire]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

To bad too i liked seeing them they are great pilots .It's like watching a mini airshow from the highway...
JP

Yeah, those crop-duster pilots could sure pull-off low level aerobatics quite nicely, indeed.

[Andrew]

When you're in a plane like the B-2, you wouldn't be in a rush to eject. With all the sensors they have on that plane, could the ejection system be automatic?

[wombat79]

Originally Posted by 11SQNLDR

My condolences to you American taxpayers, that's $1,400,000,000 going up in smoke

wow that would bring the Australian Air force to a grinding halt for a few years "Sorry Lt Smith you won't be flying for a while because Lt Jones crashed and blew our budget until 2014"

good to here the pilots got out safely

[firefighterpilot1]

Originally Posted by 11SQNLDR

My condolences to you American taxpayers, that's $1,400,000,000 going up in smoke

Glad that the crew lived to tell the tale though.

I have heard the B-2 per unit cost being between 2.2 and 2.6 billion. The crew stayed with it as long as they could, I'm sure partly because no one wants to be the first guy to crash a 2.2 billion dollar airplane.