Quicksand Fans

Posted: **Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:35 pm**

From Brad at Bring the Heat

3/16" might not sound like much, but Brad's point should be well taken. Especially when you working on supersonic fighter-interceptors operating at the bleeding edge of the envelope. There are no "little" fuckups

Posted: **Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:26 pm**

3/16" is a chasm when you're talking about high speeds (especially supersonic speeds). And the blog is spot-on about the reason for all those "mickey mouse" attention to detail things they teach you in basic. It's all a foundation.

Posted: **Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:27 pm**

Some more on the Accident Investigation Report

PDF available for download at Bring the Heat; 31 pages of technical stuff, but interesting reading -- of note was a D-model Eagle
86-0182 so not a very old aircraft, relatively speaking.

Quicksand Fans

Air Force: Tiny imperfection on F-15’s nose caused crash

Air Force: Tiny imperfection on F-15’s nose caused crash

Re: Air Force: Tiny imperfection on F-15’s nose caused crash

Re: Air Force: Tiny imperfection on F-15’s nose caused crash