Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
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Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
McDonnell Douglas F15E Strike Eagle 92-0364 landing in a cloud of sparks, the sparks are from the arrester hook scraping along the runway. Very glad to hear from the crew, they are fine and will have a set of pictures of todays "fun" heading their way!
Just 2 from the sequence for now!
Hydraulics failure at Lakenheath by Nigel Blake, 2 million views Thankyou!, on Flickr
Sparks fly at Lakenheath! by Nigel Blake, 2 million views Thankyou!, on Flickr
Just 2 from the sequence for now!
Hydraulics failure at Lakenheath by Nigel Blake, 2 million views Thankyou!, on Flickr
Sparks fly at Lakenheath! by Nigel Blake, 2 million views Thankyou!, on Flickr
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 21"
Brilliant , what a catch and terrific quality , thanks for sharing Nigel
Ian Scaife
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Beautifully caught - one for their logbooks for sure!
Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Hi Nigel,
Was nice to meet and talk to you at Lakenheath yesterday with the F-15E sparks!!
Good shots and thanks for sharing.
Now I'm back home.
Cheers mate,
Henry
Malta.
Was nice to meet and talk to you at Lakenheath yesterday with the F-15E sparks!!
Good shots and thanks for sharing.
Now I'm back home.
Cheers mate,
Henry
Malta.
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Many thanks!
Good to meet you too Henry, glad you made it back to Malta without delays!
Good to meet you too Henry, glad you made it back to Malta without delays!
Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Nice catch Nigel
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Prefer the first one, but they are both cracking shots, Nigel. As usual.
Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Superbly caught Nigel
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Great Shots, why the hook down - is it standard practice?
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
stevebrodie wrote:Great Shots, why the hook down - is it standard practice?
Not standard, pilot must have called an in-flight emergency for a bird strike or similar.
Terrific shots though Nigel, number 2 especially.
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
It was indeed an IFE due to a hydraulics failure, they took the wire at the 2500 feet marker when the nose wheel was on the ground, the angle of attack when flaring is too high and catching the cable would result in the nose slamming down hard on the runway possibly causing damage to the jet and/or crew!
Both the pilot an WSO are fine and have a full set of these images!
Both the pilot an WSO are fine and have a full set of these images!
Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Brilliantly caught - and an interesting story as well.
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
interesting shots mate, great set as always It had to be you catch the sparks, been many months since our paths have crossed, back in the UK for a few weeks, perhaps we could meet up? keep em coming terrific action shots
robert
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Good catch Nigel.
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Nice shooting and a great catch Nigel.
Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
First one for me,a real gem and bet the crew are well chuffed with it,
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Re: Sparks fly at Lakenheath "Sniper 12"
Very nice picture man.