Posted on Sep 14, 2019
Skydivers nearly killed by F-15 fighter jets flying by at 350 mph
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Skydivers nearly killed by F-15 fighter jets flying by at 350 mph
As if skydiving wasn’t terrifying enough…
A pair of skydivers free-falling at 120 mph narrowly missed being killed by two F-15 fighter jets buzzing past at roughly 350 mph, according to Great Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority.
The parachutists “were carrying out a jump over Chatteris airfield when they saw 2 F-15 aircraft travelling north to south directly over the airfield and beneath the parachutists in freefall,” according to the report. The incident reportedly happened in April, but is only now being reported.
Skydivers nearly killed by F-15 fighter jets flying by at 350 mph
As if skydiving wasn’t terrifying enough…
A pair of skydivers free-falling at 120 mph narrowly missed being killed by two F-15 fighter jets buzzing past at roughly 350 mph, according to Great Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority.
The parachutists “were carrying out a jump over Chatteris airfield when they saw 2 F-15 aircraft travelling north to south directly over the airfield and beneath the parachutists in freefall,” according to the report. The incident reportedly happened in April, but is only now being reported.
Skydivers nearly killed by F-15 fighter jets flying by at 350 mph
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I used to skydive, SGT James Murphy. It’s been forever ago, but here’s what I remember. We jumped at Moton Field (home of the Tuskegee Airmen) in Tuskegee, AL. At the time, there was almost no aircraft activity and there were no manned flight operations (no control tower) there. Despite this, our jump pilot always filed a flight plan (maybe a NOTAM) with the closest operational airport (Columbus, GA) which notified all airmen that skydiving activities were underway and that jumpers would be in the air at Moton Field. That was in the seventies for goodness sake! Surely something like this would still be done! Seems strange to me!
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LTC Stephen C. The flight(s) are posted but not all pilots read all postings for airports that are not their arrival or departure point. Which is unfortunate.
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This happened where I used to skydive. One of my friends captured it on video (in the link below). It's not supposed to happen as a cylinder of air is broadcast way ahead of time as a no fly zone. Not every pilot checks the local airport broadcasts though. The slurry bomber here was just coming back from a huge fire in the Rockies - near Denver.
https://www.dropzone.com/articles/news/skydiver-in-near-miss-with-slurry-bomber-r158/
https://www.dropzone.com/articles/news/skydiver-in-near-miss-with-slurry-bomber-r158/
Skydiver in near miss with slurry bomber
Just wanted to show you guys a video that I took this Saturday (15 June 2002). I am sure that you have heard about the fires here near Denver. We were jumping at Longmont, just north of Denver, my home DZ. There were slurry bombers flying over the center of the airport, at 3000 agl, despite sever...
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SGT James Murphy - Not finding it on the net now. It was posted back in 2002 though.
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