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Pilot Survives CF-18 Crash at Airshow Practice - Story Video 23 July 2010

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PUP4ORD:
Looks like he got out of there in just the nick of time.

SpazSinbad:
Video version on Youtube has an eyewitness saying ".... pop, pop, pop sparks out of an engine..." etc

SpazSinbad:
High Alpha Pass NeptunusLex a very experienced USN Hornet pilot (retired)

http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/07/24/high-alpha-pass/

"lex July 24, 2010 at 8:34 am · Reply
QM, if you look carefully, the port exhaust nozzle is fully open, indicating fully staged afterburner. The starboard nozzle has closed, indicating (probably) an afterburner blowout.

The nozzles dilate from full open at idle to full closed at military power and then open again as the burners light. The aircraft is rolling right, which indicates asymmetric thrust. I deduce some class of engine failure or burner blowout, but it’s all just speculative. The high alpha pass at low altitude is fairly impressive on two good engines, else a good demonstration of Martin Baker’s technology."

SUBS17:
Wow pilots lucky to survive that could also be a bird strike although there is no sign there in the video.

crim3:
It really looks like an afterbuner blowout when applying full afterbuner to end the high alpha pass with a brute force climb. It's a pity, such a beatiful machine made pieces. With enough altitude he could probably cut throttle, gain some speed and land with one engine.
But it's nice when an accident like this has a happy end for pilot's life.

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