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By: - 13th December 2018 at 07:48 Permalink
Hi All,
Wishing the Pilot and his family best wishes on this sad news.
Geoff.
By: - 13th December 2018 at 10:13 Permalink
https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/616280-hunter-ejection-crash-hnl.html
By: - 13th December 2018 at 13:11 Permalink
Thanks for the link. That photo is pretty spectacular ! ( pilot ejecting over harbour ) . Hopefully his injuries are minimal.
The survival of the pilot is the main concern of course, but sad too that yet another vintage jet has been lost, and just a few days after the French Vampires.
By: - 13th December 2018 at 15:36 Permalink
^^^^^ Agreed with Propstrike -lets hope the pilot is soon back to health.
By: - 13th December 2018 at 21:16 Permalink
On 12 December 2018, 14:28 local time the pilot of an Airborne Tactical Advantage Co (ATAC) Hawker Hunter Mk58 managed to eject safely. His Hunter splashed into the sea some five miles south of Honolulu’s Sand Island of coast of Oahu (Hawaii).
The ATAC plane and pilot were supporting exercise Sentry Aloha that is being hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (HI). Sentry Aloha involves thirty aircraft from nine states and twelve different units. These include KC-135s from the Iowa and Wisconsin ANGs, F-15s from the Oregon ANG and US Navy F/A-18s from Lemoore (CA). The visiting aircraft are fighting during the exercise with the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons’ F-22A Raptors at Hickam.
A webcam video from Surfline.com captured the crash, and shows the 47-year-old pilot ejecting from the aircraft prior to impact.
The pilot was quickly picked up by a private sailboat and transferred to the US Coast Guard. Once on shore, he was treated by Emergency Medical Services and taken to the hospital in serious condition.
We made some stills from the video of Surfline.com in which you see the Hunter in trouble over a ship, the pilot underneath his parachute and the splash.
The Hunters of ATAC are flown by contractors to replicate enemy aircraft in training exercises.
Photo credit (just illustrative): Hawaii News, Hivemind and stills from Surfline.com
By: - 13th December 2018 at 21:19 Permalink
LA news reported it as a Marine Corps Harrier... multiple times.
By: - 13th December 2018 at 22:35 Permalink
Aircraft was J-4101 of the Swiss Air Force.
By: - 14th December 2018 at 10:52 Permalink
Aircraft was J-4101 of the Swiss Air Force.
probably the most iconic civilian operated hunter out there.......i really hope the pilot pulls through ,but i'm gutted at this loss....she'd been operated safely for years.
By: - 14th December 2018 at 12:07 Permalink
To say ATAC operations have taken a toll on the airworthy Hunter population is something of an understatement.
This total loss is added to other crashes of equal severity on Aug 2017, October 2014, and May 2012.
By: - 14th December 2018 at 13:20 Permalink
"Aircraft was J-4101 of the Swiss Air Force.
probably the most iconic civilian operated hunter out there.."
That would be the 'Papyrus' Hunter HB-RVS surely? Still safe and sound.
By: - 14th December 2018 at 13:23 Permalink
If they hadn't have been used for ATAC ops what else would their future have been ? .Museums already have them ,operators seem to be dropping vintage jets on the display scene.
By: - 15th December 2018 at 00:00 Permalink
glad to hear the pilot is ok, sore but ok. Sad on the hunter, I believe I watched these very two off the east coast a few months ago.
By: - 15th December 2018 at 00:57 Permalink
"Aircraft was J-4101 of the Swiss Air Force.
probably the most iconic civilian operated hunter out there.."
That would be the 'Papyrus' Hunter HB-RVS surely? Still safe and sound.
you could be right but the loss on Miss Demeanor is pretty hard to take
By: - 15th December 2018 at 08:27 Permalink - Edited 15th December 2018 at 08:27
According to its website Miss Demeanor is J-4104, not J-4101.
By: - 15th December 2018 at 11:45 Permalink
well thats weird when i searched for J1401 it came up with Miss Demeanor......looks like i'm wrong....apologizes to all above
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By: JagRigger - 13th December 2018 at 07:36
Pilot ejected and recovered
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=219404