J-10 Thread IV
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Quickie
Colonel
Damn. This is sad. I'm sure some of us already knew her by her familiar face from the pictures that we've seen previously. My condolences to her family and may she rest in peace.Upsetting news for all, except for the honour-abru Janiz, of course.
August 1st Acrobatic Team suffered a fatality during training, losing aircraft 09. Both pilots ejected. The front seat pilot landed with injuries but the pilot in the rear seat collided with another aircraft in the formation and died on impact. The other aircraft made a successful emergency landing. The casualty was Yu Xu, the first female pilot of August 1st, and one of four female combat aircraft pilots in the PLAAF.
Wreckage of aircraft
RIP
MwRYum
Major
Anyone who's even half familiar with aerobatics would know it's a matter of time, even when everything has done right - somebody would draw the short straw. Whether the pilot KIA is male or female is still equally a tragic lost on many levels, just think of how much national resources has been expended on raising one.Upsetting news for all, except for the honour-abru Janiz, of course.
August 1st Acrobatic Team suffered a fatality during training, losing aircraft 09. Both pilots ejected. The front seat pilot landed with injuries but the pilot in the rear seat collided with another aircraft in the formation and died on impact. The other aircraft made a successful emergency landing. The casualty was Yu Xu, the first female pilot of August 1st, and one of four female combat aircraft pilots in the PLAAF.
Wreckage of aircraft
RIP
The reason I said that was because most of the BS comments found on Chinese BBS are bias towards female pilots and crap. Even I supported Trump and would tolerate "locker talks", I'm still to a larger degree believe in equality.
But what ticks me off is the kind of pure toxic reactions find on Taiwan's side...utter sadistic elation you'd find there...
I'd leave those who could read Chinese to see for themselves...
MwRYum
Major
That's because the admin over there have deleted several more toxic ones already.
Alright, back to regular programme...
So, still not getting this J-10B and J-10C thing...if what debuted in Zhuhai Airshow 2016 is the "B" variant, what about the "C"?
Equation
Lieutenant General
Her accomplishment will be the stepping stone for the next generation of Chinese female pilots who would don the PLAAF uniform and perform their duties.
Very sad indeed, flying aerobatics in any fighter aircraft is a very mentally and physically demanding job, Rest in Peace little sister, and may Jesus receive you into His loving arms.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Sad news. But I think it's distasteful that some would try to exploit this tragedy to promote their own pet views.
There is not enough information available to say what happened, so any claims of engine failure is pure rumourmongering.
But if we apply a simple logic test, it would likely rule out an engine failure.
The pilot died after being struck by a wingman. That means the decision to eject was taken extremely suddenly, too suddenly for the formation to disperse, which would only have taken a few seconds.
It's hard to think of any engine related issues that would force the pilots to eject almost immediately after the problem.
Given the nature of the kinds of flying the display team does, and the fact a wingman was close enough to hit an ejecting pilot, it seems most likely that the accident was caused by a mid-air collusion between two jets.
There is not enough information available to say what happened, so any claims of engine failure is pure rumourmongering.
But if we apply a simple logic test, it would likely rule out an engine failure.
The pilot died after being struck by a wingman. That means the decision to eject was taken extremely suddenly, too suddenly for the formation to disperse, which would only have taken a few seconds.
It's hard to think of any engine related issues that would force the pilots to eject almost immediately after the problem.
Given the nature of the kinds of flying the display team does, and the fact a wingman was close enough to hit an ejecting pilot, it seems most likely that the accident was caused by a mid-air collusion between two jets.
always possible, and the Blues and T-Birds have all done a little rubbin and pushin, just like Nascar....it is tragic, and I'm sure she was a great little pilot, as well as just a very pretty lady, so sad for her and her family and friends, for her teammates, PLAAF, and China as a whole.
On thing about the pilot community, it doesn't matter where they are from, get them together, and they all talk flying, making the hand motions and the whole "nine yards".
Maybe we should let the pilots work out our defense postures amongst themselves, remove the politicians and war mongers and we get right down to business.
Rest in peace Missy, you will be sorely missed, sorry your exemplary life has come to a premature end, as a pilot you pray that the Lord will watch over you and your friends.
Equation
Lieutenant General
That also depending on how close the team's were to the ground during the tragic incident. As a result she probably only have seconds left to eject and take her chances before her plane hit the ground.