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7/19/2025, 8:25:55 AM
>>64001561
>>64002828
> This was another one of those moments where, as an instrumentation engineer in the control room, all you can do is sit there and watch. Our pilot immediately declares an emergency, trims out, and turns back to base. Fortunately, the jet is controllable and isn't leaking fuel.
> Landing was uneventful, though the ground crew did say "Holy shit!" over the radio when they saw the hole in the side of the jet. I wish I had been allowed to take photos, but alas.
> The MIP hadn't been secured and the high speed airflow past it had ripped the door, with hinge, off the aircraft entirely, taking a chunk of the aircraft along with it. As I recall, it took about a month total for the repair. The aircraft went on to conduct ski jump tests.
> So now you know why the F-35 has those panels with the semicircles on them. Line the fastener, which is half-painted, up with the semicircle painted on the surrounding panel. If it's not lined up, you've got a problem!
Seems like the DOD is still managing to find better idiots though
>>64002828
> This was another one of those moments where, as an instrumentation engineer in the control room, all you can do is sit there and watch. Our pilot immediately declares an emergency, trims out, and turns back to base. Fortunately, the jet is controllable and isn't leaking fuel.
> Landing was uneventful, though the ground crew did say "Holy shit!" over the radio when they saw the hole in the side of the jet. I wish I had been allowed to take photos, but alas.
> The MIP hadn't been secured and the high speed airflow past it had ripped the door, with hinge, off the aircraft entirely, taking a chunk of the aircraft along with it. As I recall, it took about a month total for the repair. The aircraft went on to conduct ski jump tests.
> So now you know why the F-35 has those panels with the semicircles on them. Line the fastener, which is half-painted, up with the semicircle painted on the surrounding panel. If it's not lined up, you've got a problem!
Seems like the DOD is still managing to find better idiots though
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