JimLAFB

571 pages of interviews in docket will have you shaking your head. Noteworthy are short on scene interviews with all. Also noteworthy is...

I was an IP on the wing of a T-38 2 ship with a solo lead when an TA-4 blew right by what would have been 3's position. Solo lead and...

So lead put his wingman in a vulnerable position or 3 decided to not fly formation on lead? Goatrope.Why is NTSB calling that a...

I don't think the P-63 was in trail when he hit the B-17. Might call it extended trail which would allow some more lateral displacement...

That would be a 3 ship formation in echelon or fingertip. But what formation position was the P-63 in when he hit the B-17?

Why is that fighter gaggle called a "formation"? What "formation" position was the P63 pilot holding? The whole thing was a goatrope. As...

Off topic, it's surprising they had the ILS in service at Presque Isle in 2019. Way back in the 70s and 80s we always reverted to the...

I suspect the cabin pressure became the outside pressure because the turbos could not provide enough flow to pressurize. But it seems...

From my personal point of view, a glass cockpit is the hardest kind of display to troubleshoot of all. The Colonel had that problem...

I'm thinking it looks like he can turn the corner. But I wonder how the Extra and the G-1 that hit the lake wings talk to you.

New guy can't post link. Go to Famous Top Gun Pilot Dies in Plane Crash on Youtube by Brian Murray. Second tumble on Sunday seemed to...

Over lead's path but then a continuing roll to 120 degrees bank back toward him. Prelim is lacking details probably because they were...

NTSB Prelim is out. New guy can't post link. Strange brief of braking out of the formation. I confess to doing one barrel roll rejoin...