Missing F35

[RomeoTangoRT]

How?

Debris field found in search for a missing F-35 stealth fighter jet

The pilot was able to safely eject from the aircraft, an F-35B Lightning II jet, and was taken to a local medical center in stable condition.

www.nbcnews.com

Which one of you weren’t paying attention during the position briefing/turnover?

 

[AnyTrafficPleaseAdvise]

If all of our sectors were open, SIGMETs were read, and our breaks were shorter this likely wouldn’t have a happened.

 

[doodii]

Probably Fat Porrey or 32

 

[DankVectorz]

Wouldn’t be the first time a pilot ejects and the plane flies on for hundreds of miles

Cornfield Bomber - Wikipedia

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1989 Belgium MiG-23 crash - Wikipedia

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[RomeoTangoRT]

Wouldn’t be the first time a pilot ejects and the plane flies on for hundreds of miles

Cornfield Bomber - Wikipedia

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1989 Belgium MiG-23 crash - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Yeah, but no transponder, no ELT, no delta pilot looking out their window relaying “yup I see a derelict F35 right off my left”?

Some farmer in SW North Carolina just got the most efficient crop duster known to man and has that shit hiding in a barn out back.

 

[AB19]

This is why we have to read the NOTAMs to the pilots now

 

[DankVectorz]

Yeah, but no transponder, no ELT, no delta pilot looking out their window relaying “yup I see a derelict F35 right off my left”?

Some farmer in SW North Carolina just got the most efficient crop duster known to man and has that shit hiding in a barn out back.

Depending what they were doing they may not have had their transponders on and don’t think mil aircraft have ELT’s (they have something in the ejection seat but it stays with the seat)

 

[32andBelow]

Can’t wait to hear how this is bidens fault

 

[AB19]

Depending what they were doing they may not have had their transponders on and don’t think mil aircraft have ELT’s (they have something in the ejection seat but it stays with the seat)

I could be misremembering but we used to get ELTs that were only going off on 243.0

 

[Raise when?]

Im gonna go get my metal detector and find that shit and sell it back to the government so my coworkers can finally get a raise

 

[AB19]

Im gonna go get my metal detector and find that shit and sell it back to the government so my coworkers can finally get a raise

Imagine how much everyone would get for the cost of a single F35 lol

 

[RomeoTangoRT]

I could be misremembering but we used to get ELTs that were only going off on 243.0

We got ELTs from the ramp all the time. Could just be the maintainers messing with the seat ELTs though. Lemme ask my brother, he’s a maintainer actually.

 

[Raise when?]

Imagine how much everyone would get for the cost of a single F35 lol

Assuming there are 10,000 controllers it would be around 16k per controller. Which would be very welcome.

 

[32andBelow]

They always use the total cost per unit to stir up outrage but the marginal cost is way lower.

 

[DankVectorz]

I could be misremembering but we used to get ELTs that were only going off on 243.0

Civilian ELT’s (depending which is installed) broadcast on 243.0 as well. And like I said, they use a rescue beacon that’s located in the ejection seat. Don’t need an ELT in the airframe when there’s one in the seat already, and it’s more important to find the pilot than the plane usually.

 

[AB19]

Civilian ELT’s (depending which is installed) broadcast on 243.0 as well.

Interesting, we used to get them on just 243.0 and not 121.5. But I don't know shit

 

[DankVectorz]

Interesting, we used to get them on just 243.0 and not 121.5. But I don't know shit

They were probsbly broadcasting on both but the VHF/UHF frequencies have different characteristics which means you may hear one and not the other

 

[32andBelow]

Broadcasting an ELT on 243 only would be such a bad way to get found

 

[Raise when?]

They always use the total cost per unit to stir up outrage but the marginal cost is way lower.

They cost a fuck ton dude, if there’s money for F35s there’s money to pay us.

 

[RomeoTangoRT]

So according to my brother, they have a DFIRS.

Deployable Flight Recorder

So essentially it is a combined flight data recorder (FDR), cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and emergency locator transmitter (ELT) designed to provide instantaneous alert and accurate location of a downed aircraft, assist in the speedy rescue of survivors, aid in the recovery of the aircraft and assure timely recovery of vital accident investigation data.