Anybody interested in an Aircraft Handler job?

[limblips]

In reality I'll bet it was a mechanical issue with the tow tractor or brakes on the a/c. Some of those spotting dollies have a lot of age on them.

Fighter jet slips off the hangar deck of a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, one minor injury

An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the...

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[DaSDGuy]

In reality I'll bet it was a mechanical issue with the tow tractor or brakes on the a/c. Some of those spotting dollies have a lot of age on them.

Fighter jet slips off the hangar deck of a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, one minor injury

An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the...

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Shoulda got the brake pads from Autozone with the lifetime replacement warranty.

 

[bonehead1]

Expensive oops, glad nobody got dead or wet.

 

[limblips]

Don't know about the brakes on an F-18 but I know on the E-2 you had to make sure the brake accumulator was charged. I think you had like 5-7 applications before you had to pump it up or you ran out of brakes.

 

[Czar]

Expensive oops, glad nobody got dead or wet.

Chump change, only $60 million.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Expensive oops, glad nobody got dead or wet.

They'd better try and get it back or the sand jackals may try. We don't need that kind of technology in the hands of 8th century knuckle draggers.

 

[Merlin99]

I’ve got a problem with this terminology, slipped means a lack of cohesion between the deck and the wheels this was accidentally shoved over the side. Saying slipped makes it sound like they are purposely downplaying it for some reason.

 

[Kinnakeet]

Lets hope the dune coons dont somehow get it

 

[Kyle]