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2018-08-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian F-5 fighter jet crashes at air base, killing one pilot

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 That was quick, wasn't it? Not even a whole week between hype and reality.

The authorities have launched a probe into the cause of the crash.

I'd put 'the planes are old and they suck' at the top of the list.

Posted by Raj 2018-08-27 00:17|| 2018-08-27 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 There went their prototype.

Posted by gorb 2018-08-27 00:44|| 2018-08-27 00:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Also look at the ejector seats...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-08-27 04:35|| 2018-08-27 04:35|| Front Page Top

#4
The authorities have launched a probe into the cause of the crash.

gravity

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-08-27 06:51|| 2018-08-27 06:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Good one #4. My vote for the day.

Posted by Dale 2018-08-27 08:14|| 2018-08-27 08:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Reminds me to update my Photoshop.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-08-27 09:54|| 2018-08-27 09:54|| Front Page Top

#7 What shitty aircraft goes up, must come down.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-08-27 10:25|| 2018-08-27 10:25|| Front Page Top

#8 #4 I betcha, right now, somebody in Iranian Gov is saying "Isaac, Isaac. I wonder"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-08-27 10:35|| 2018-08-27 10:35|| Front Page Top

#9 If you can walk away from it, it's a landing...

That wasn't a landing.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-08-27 12:24|| 2018-08-27 12:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Ever try to lay down a prayer mat in a cockpit?

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-08-27 13:03|| 2018-08-27 13:03|| Front Page Top

#11 #10 - *SNORT!*

Posted by Frank G 2018-08-27 13:18|| 2018-08-27 13:18|| Front Page Top

#12 That may have been the cause ....

Posted by gorb 2018-08-27 16:29|| 2018-08-27 16:29|| Front Page Top

#13 F-5 wasn't just one plane.

There were F-5A through F5F delivered to Iran in the 70s

Posted by lord garth 2018-08-27 18:56|| 2018-08-27 18:56|| Front Page Top

#14 That may have been the cause ....

In a cargo plane, there is room to lay out a prayer mat. But in a cramped fighter, you have to cut holes in the mat for the rudder pedals. Sometimes things get a bit tangled up...

Posted by SteveS 2018-08-27 19:07|| 2018-08-27 19:07|| Front Page Top

#15 I am not sure it was a pilot, a real pilot wouldn't get in the danged thing.

They got some dude from the Quds guard to get in it and they told him it was a peddle car.

He hit the throttle and the rest is messy history.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-08-27 22:04|| 2018-08-27 22:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Sometimes things get a bit tangled up...

Not if one cuts off 'the pedals' first.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-27 22:55|| 2018-08-27 22:55|| Front Page Top

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