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AAR - Bad day at the office
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AAR - Bad day at the office
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Re: AAR - Bad day at the office
Woah nelly! That was too close for comfort.
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Hot_Charlie
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Re: AAR - Bad day at the office
At least he came back down again. It's when they disappear up off the camera and don't re-appear it gets really worrying!
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Re: AAR - Bad day at the office
the wrong outcome of that doesn't bare thinking about!
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Chris Trott
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Re: AAR - Bad day at the office
Good thing - no one was seriously hurt (a few in the back of the E-3 got bruised from the breakaway).
Bad thing - the NATO crew and NATO command found out why you don't do training flights in an E-3 (again).
Bad thing - NATO trainee not paying attention to the guide bars on the KC-135 and causing a disconnect and then not initiating the breakaway maneuver when commanded by the Boom Operator (muffled by the sound of the boom disconnecting but confirmed by the uploader - who was the Boomer in question - and other reports).
Basically, from the reports I've read and observation of other active Boomers, the Boomer tried to make contact but because the E-3 wasn't 100% stabilized, the boom busted limits and automatically disconnected. When this happened, the autopilot automatically disconnects on the KC-135. The E-3 is supposed to dive away on disconnect because of this since the AP disconnect re-centers the yoke and the elevator is trimmed down significantly to counter the bow wave of the E-3. Instead, he starts separation and then stops and the now descending KC-135 almost impacts the E-3. Thankfully someone (probably the IP in the other seat) reacted just fast enough and got clear.
Bad thing - the NATO crew and NATO command found out why you don't do training flights in an E-3 (again).
Bad thing - NATO trainee not paying attention to the guide bars on the KC-135 and causing a disconnect and then not initiating the breakaway maneuver when commanded by the Boom Operator (muffled by the sound of the boom disconnecting but confirmed by the uploader - who was the Boomer in question - and other reports).
Basically, from the reports I've read and observation of other active Boomers, the Boomer tried to make contact but because the E-3 wasn't 100% stabilized, the boom busted limits and automatically disconnected. When this happened, the autopilot automatically disconnects on the KC-135. The E-3 is supposed to dive away on disconnect because of this since the AP disconnect re-centers the yoke and the elevator is trimmed down significantly to counter the bow wave of the E-3. Instead, he starts separation and then stops and the now descending KC-135 almost impacts the E-3. Thankfully someone (probably the IP in the other seat) reacted just fast enough and got clear.
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Chris Trott
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Re: AAR - Bad day at the office
Good thing - no one was seriously hurt (a few in the back of the E-3 got bruised from the breakaway).
Bad thing - the NATO crew and NATO command found out why you don't do training flights in an E-3 (again).
Bad thing - NATO trainee not paying attention to the guide bars on the KC-135 and causing a disconnect and then not initiating the breakaway maneuver when commanded by the Boom Operator (muffled by the sound of the boom disconnecting but confirmed by the original uploader - who was the Boomer in question and has now taken the video down due to some of the comments received - and other reports).
Basically, from the reports I've read and observation of other active Boomers, the Boomer tried to make contact but because the E-3 wasn't 100% stabilized, the boom busted limits and automatically disconnected. When this happened, the autopilot automatically disconnects on the KC-135. The E-3 is supposed to dive away on disconnect because of this since the AP disconnect re-centers the yoke and the elevator is trimmed down significantly to counter the bow wave of the E-3. Instead, he starts separation and then stops and the now descending KC-135 almost impacts the E-3. Thankfully someone (probably the IP in the other seat) reacted just fast enough and got clear.
Bad thing - the NATO crew and NATO command found out why you don't do training flights in an E-3 (again).
Bad thing - NATO trainee not paying attention to the guide bars on the KC-135 and causing a disconnect and then not initiating the breakaway maneuver when commanded by the Boom Operator (muffled by the sound of the boom disconnecting but confirmed by the original uploader - who was the Boomer in question and has now taken the video down due to some of the comments received - and other reports).
Basically, from the reports I've read and observation of other active Boomers, the Boomer tried to make contact but because the E-3 wasn't 100% stabilized, the boom busted limits and automatically disconnected. When this happened, the autopilot automatically disconnects on the KC-135. The E-3 is supposed to dive away on disconnect because of this since the AP disconnect re-centers the yoke and the elevator is trimmed down significantly to counter the bow wave of the E-3. Instead, he starts separation and then stops and the now descending KC-135 almost impacts the E-3. Thankfully someone (probably the IP in the other seat) reacted just fast enough and got clear.