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Thunderbird emergency breakaway caught on video
The Thunderbirds had a bit of a scare over LA County, causing the #6 to perform an emergency breakaway maneuver. A news helicopter caught the event on camera while broadcasting the flyover. The excitement happens at the 0:26 mark. (www.youtube.com) المزيد...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
IMHO it appears the leader made the first jig to the right, followed by #3 and then the breakaway by #6.
Number Four was talking with wingtips or got rattled. Reform was perfect. Jeez those dudes or dudettes can fly.
The last part of the video they looked really out of sync and those announcers were idiots.
The pilot who started the roll to the right is in error. The right side wing man only course of action was to get out of the way by breaking away. The command was a slow roll left, all executed except one guy. I'm betting that pilot is under review as to what & why he did just the opposite.
Has the audio been put on the internet?
Actually, from a frame-by-frame review it appears the lead plane wings were stable along with the one to the its immediate right. The other planes to the lead left and as well as the right most plane had started to a bank to the left with the right-most plane (the one that broke away later) banking left more than the others. Presumably, the plane to the immediate right of the lead was doing exactly what the lead was doing.
You will see this starting at the 0.23 mark continuing into the 0.24 mark.
You will see this starting at the 0.23 mark continuing into the 0.24 mark.
If you slow the video down, I think the #3 banked early and #6 got out of his way. I’m not a pilot so just wondering what really happened.