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davew · 08-11-2018, 01:17 AM

.... crashed (or shot down)

PaceAdvantage · 08-11-2018, 01:46 AM

Q eh?

davew · 08-11-2018, 01:50 AM

mechanic, maybe test drive

JustRalph · 08-11-2018, 02:27 AM

Shot down by F-15?

There is some video going around of an F-15 closing on it

https://www.mediaite.com/online/plan...a-tac-airport/

JustRalph · 08-11-2018, 02:44 AM

Amazing video

Full video form John Waldron on Facebook being shown on CNN #seatac https://twitter.com/CameronThomsen/s...568448/video/1

chadk66 · 08-12-2018, 09:21 AM

very interesting. the dude obviously knew how to fly a plane too. does he have a piloting background of some sort besides just a mechanic?

Inner Dirt · 08-12-2018, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by JustRalph

Shot down by F-15?

There is some video going around of an F-15 closing on it

https://www.mediaite.com/online/plan...a-tac-airport/

What is the stall speed of an F-15? Couldn't someone in a prop plane go slow enough that the F-15 could not follow it?

barahona44 · 08-12-2018, 09:38 AM

Looked like the guy was a suicide based on the things he was saying to the control tower.
"I'm a broken guy with a few screws loose,I never knew it until now" and "I know I'm going to disappoint a lot of people" At least he didn't crash it into a populated area.

chadk66 · 08-12-2018, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

What is the stall speed of an F-15? Couldn't someone in a prop plane go slow enough that the F-15 could not follow it?

I don't think they'd be that far off.

JustRalph · 08-12-2018, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

What is the stall speed of an F-15? Couldn't someone in a prop plane go slow enough that the F-15 could not follow it?

The F15 would just circle it. Happens all the time when planes fly into no fly zones........

130 knots slow speed according to this link
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-mi...d-low-altitude

PaceAdvantage · 08-12-2018, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by barahona44

Looked like the guy was a suicide based on the things he was saying to the control tower.
"I'm a broken guy with a few screws loose,I never knew it until now" and "I know I'm going to disappoint a lot of people" At least he didn't crash it into a populated area.

If you ever looked at his wife's instagram account, you'd think he was the happiest guy in the world...

It's a strange world.

davew · 08-12-2018, 12:17 PM

oops, the guy was part of the tow team - baggage handling and running the pushback tractor. It will be interesting to see FBI report on how he got skills to do a barrel roll. Off the shelf computer flight simulators that good now?

chadk66 · 08-12-2018, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by davew

oops, the guy was part of the tow team - baggage handling and running the pushback tractor. It will be interesting to see FBI report on how he got skills to do a barrel roll. Off the shelf computer flight simulators that good now?

actually they are lol

PaceAdvantage · 08-12-2018, 02:23 PM

Flight sims have been pretty good for decades now....MS Flight Sim has been around forever.

The hardest thing is landing...taking off and flying isn't all that difficult...then again, if he's never flown before, I find it hard to believe he was able to do all that, sim or no sim.

As always, conspiracy theories are popping up over this...

If you really want to go down the rabbit hole, this event occurred quite close to another recent event that many people haven't heard of, but is another conspiracy theory in and off itself...happened a few months ago...

Google "Seattle missile launch" and grab some popcorn...