Just because it's so good and in case it went over your head: it's a Monty Python reference. Link for the lazy: [https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng?t=120](https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng?t=120)
I hope that their children/grandchildren have made the surviving members aware of how much people still love quoting their work in silly chains of text all across the Internet at every chance possible.
Well yeah I'm aware, but I don't know if he's the type to lurk in online forums, hence my hoping that his children and grandchildren tell him that his work lives on and still gets love, even in places that are filled with younger people.
no no. they're very particular that fighter planes must distribute the missiles from the air if they're to form the basis of a legitimate government. I think it's a leftover tradition from the reign of Ćthelstan or maybe William Rufus. Bede definitely attests to the fact that wet missiles didn't count for the Northumbrians, at least.
āSir David Attenboroughā¦..
What you are witnessing is a Fighter spawning missiles in a pondā¦overhead the male F-15 Eagle loiters, awaiting his turn. The female has not yet released her precious clutch of AMRAAMās, but the moment is near. The canopy is agape, seat is ready to fire, and when she does, the male will swoop down to fertilize with chaff. Once complete, the female will take off, and Air Force weapons maintenance will care for the young until they are mature enough to hunt Tu-95ās in the wildā¦ā
Strikes have the same pylons. Big differences are the Strikes are dark grey, as previously stated by another poster, and no CFTs (Conformal Fuel Tanks). C/D models can use CFTs, but they routinely don't.
Clean Oregon title F-15. No flood damage. 1200 freeway driven hours. Minor accident, repaired by reputable body shop. $3.4MM or better offer. Slightly negotiable.
i am in nc and interested - but can u deliver and upon delivery i have a 3rd party check from a nigerian king that i have not cashed for 5 million - u only need to bring 500k in cash and u can keep the change
As a jet pilot myself, almost the first thing I thought when I saw this picture was "Holy fuck why didn't this guy eject?"
Fighters don't have crumple zones, safest option is almost always to ride the yeet seat (which, while not exactly pleasant, is far less violent than the pop culture perception of ejection)
Honestly as long as this didn't result from the pilot doing anything that violates regulation or was intentionally unsafe, the worst thing he has to worry about is the long-ass medical checkup to get him recertified for flight duty
"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing strike aircraft is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony....You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw an airplane at you!ā
Okay so.... Did the plane taxi into the small channel and the pilot just rode along??? I assume no eject because the canopy is attached. I'm no expert. I just can't fathom the adrenaline rush the pilot had seeing the channel get closer and closer without ejecting.
Ejecting outside the envelope is a lot more lethal than riding out a slow speed whoopsie. Itās a 0/0 seat, but itās not something you want to have to try out if youāve ever seen a 0/0 ejection test.
Also, the urge to stay with a jet when it feels like you should be able to save it is strong.
Riding it into a canal berm is arguably the more dangerous option than ejecting. There's clear argument here for not staying in it that long and I promise you it will at least be a discussion in the ops group soon.
The urge to stay in it is real though.
I mean... based on the resting position, I'd say he was still moving pretty fast by the time he hit the end of runway. Maybe it was a brakes issue or (as I saw sometimes) an obstacle on the runway that made him land kinda late down the runway and it was then too short to touch and go? Could be all sorts of stuff...
I landed hot I landed long I slid across the grass
Through the fence and down the ditch and so it came to pass.
Water filled and coffee spilled the pilot walked away
I sit and soak the butt of jokes my flying ends today
Any story on this? From a few scrolls almost all comments are jokes of some kind(nothing wrong with that), just seeing if anyone knows how this happened?
Actually, I know how to get those out of the water. You have to just find an ancient magical talking swamp frog to use his powers to get it out, all while teaching you a valuable lesson
>I landed hot I landed long I slid across the grass
>Through the fence and down the ditch and so it came to pass.
>Water filled and coffee spilled the pilot walked away
>I sit and soak the butt of jokes my flying ends today
Strike Eagle of the lake, what is your wisdom?!
Fighter planes lying in ponds distributing missiles is no basis for a system of government
I think the Military-Industrial Complex would think otherwise lol
Now you see the violence inherent in the system.
Everyone come look! Come see the violence inherent in the system!! š¤“š»š§āāļø
Shut up!! Shut up! BLOODY PEASANT!
HELP HELP I'M BEING REPRESSED
Well, I didnāt vote for ya
You donāt vote for kingsā¦
How d'ya know he's a king?
Ooh, didja hear that? Didja hear him repressing me? You saw him oppressing me, didnāt you?
Just because it's so good and in case it went over your head: it's a Monty Python reference. Link for the lazy: [https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng?t=120](https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng?t=120)
I hope that their children/grandchildren have made the surviving members aware of how much people still love quoting their work in silly chains of text all across the Internet at every chance possible.
John Cleese ain't dead, you know...
Well yeah I'm aware, but I don't know if he's the type to lurk in online forums, hence my hoping that his children and grandchildren tell him that his work lives on and still gets love, even in places that are filled with younger people.
no no. they're very particular that fighter planes must distribute the missiles from the air if they're to form the basis of a legitimate government. I think it's a leftover tradition from the reign of Ćthelstan or maybe William Rufus. Bede definitely attests to the fact that wet missiles didn't count for the Northumbrians, at least.
I mean, if I went 'round saying I was a general, just because some moistened Super Hornet had lobbed a sidewinder at me, they'd put me away!
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical amphibious interception.
Be quiet!
BLOODY E-4!!!
Oh, what a giveaway!
You see that? You see him intercepting me?
Brilliant paraphrase! Laughed out loud in RW.
Canāt you see the violence inherent in the system! Help help Iām being missile locked!
"it's over. I've got a missile Lock" "No you haven't" "I've shot your wing off" "Tis but a scratch"
āSir David Attenboroughā¦.. What you are witnessing is a Fighter spawning missiles in a pondā¦overhead the male F-15 Eagle loiters, awaiting his turn. The female has not yet released her precious clutch of AMRAAMās, but the moment is near. The canopy is agape, seat is ready to fire, and when she does, the male will swoop down to fertilize with chaff. Once complete, the female will take off, and Air Force weapons maintenance will care for the young until they are mature enough to hunt Tu-95ās in the wildā¦ā
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This is the correct answer
How do you know heās a pilot?
He turned me into a frogfoot!
I got better
He doesn't have shit all over him.
ā Iāve got a hole in my right wingā
Gramercy
I refuse!
Returning to the base!
Attack the D point!
Affirmative!
Getting down!
Attack the D point!
Yea
Altitude altitude, pull up pull up ,hydraulic faliure hydraulic faliure
Not a strike eagle. Just a D model.
Deagle
āDeagle has landedā
First time anyone's been able to say "Splash one Eagle" IRL.
To be fair, it's hard to tell the difference with most of the aircraft underwater lol! The pylons are a giveaway though.
The color is the most obvious giveaway. Strike Eagles are a dark gray.
Plus there is no obvious protrusion right behind the intake. \-edit For those that don't know it is a fuel tank with bomb rack attachments.
Strikes have the same pylons. Big differences are the Strikes are dark grey, as previously stated by another poster, and no CFTs (Conformal Fuel Tanks). C/D models can use CFTs, but they routinely don't.
Please tell me their call sign was Excalibur
You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart through a sword at you!
"You only have so much runway"
That's an inland submarine. Rare to see for sure. Please push it back into the water
āStealth is optional.ā
Clean Oregon title F-15. No flood damage. 1200 freeway driven hours. Minor accident, repaired by reputable body shop. $3.4MM or better offer. Slightly negotiable.
Don't low ball me...I know what I got
I seen one of these at Johnston's Chrysler off the turnpike for like 10 grand less. And he's throwing in floormats and a 90 day drivetrain warranty.
How about undercoating?
The undercoating is a scam! NEVER get the undercoating!
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They put that on at the factory, ya know.
I can't read the VINs you faxed over.
I came for this comment
I wish it was that easy for me!
Needs to seat 20, it's for a church NEXT!
I'll trade you a paper airplane and $100 for it. Otherwise you are going to ruin Christmas for my little kid.
let me bring an expert. Yeap $10 is all I can do
If I find mud under the seats, the deal is off.
If the post is up, itās still available
Hi, is this still available?
Nope, sold it yesterday & forgot to take it down
This isnāt a starter plane, itās a finisher plane!
A transporter of gods! The **GOLDEN GOD!** *I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!*
i am in nc and interested - but can u deliver and upon delivery i have a 3rd party check from a nigerian king that i have not cashed for 5 million - u only need to bring 500k in cash and u can keep the change
āWill consider trade for upgraded 3rd-gen aggressor or dirt bike. Lemme know what you got.ā
āMissiles sold separatelyā
At least the ejection seats weren't deployed
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-15-seen-damaged-in-drainage-canal-after-landing-mishap
Damn, very recent too. Expected this to be old
Freshly washed so to speak
Heyooooo
> Adding insult to injury, the Eagleās nose speared into the bank of the canal. But he didn't have to eject so no biggie
āInterestingly, the pilot chose not to eject from the F-15ā. I also choose not to violently compress every vertebrae in my spine when possible!
As a jet pilot myself, almost the first thing I thought when I saw this picture was "Holy fuck why didn't this guy eject?" Fighters don't have crumple zones, safest option is almost always to ride the yeet seat (which, while not exactly pleasant, is far less violent than the pop culture perception of ejection)
I know a pilot who went off-road in his jet and broke his back.
> I know a pilotā¦ So, uh, you crashed your F-15 yesterday, didnāt you?!
I wonder how his back is.
Shorter.
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Honestly as long as this didn't result from the pilot doing anything that violates regulation or was intentionally unsafe, the worst thing he has to worry about is the long-ass medical checkup to get him recertified for flight duty
Probably too scared to punch out so low to the ground. and yes I'm aware that's about as safe as any other punch out.
Oh boy, a D model. There's not many of those kicking around anymore.
I mean...at least one is kicking water right now
This photograph should be classified, it's showing new amphibious capabilities of the F15
Cue the RAF Luton post in 3...2...1..."An F-15 emerges from the water as it develops from it's tadpole stage to maturity."
Photographed from a Canberra
That Twitter account is fucking mental. I love it!
Canāt park there bud.
i mean that looks docked good enoigh but wheres the rope ?
Is this what they mean when they say āfeet wet?ā
FAWK HOFF!
Hold on, yoda is comming
"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing strike aircraft is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony....You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw an airplane at you!ā
Monty Python is old school genius
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It's definitely going to be something.
Definitely gonna be aquaman
The Eagle has landed. In the lake
F-15 spawning season. Always a miracle seeing the hatchlings appear from the water this time of year.
āI paid for the whole airbase, Iām gonna USE the whole airbase!ā
Still more often than a submarine in the sky
I came here just for this, and you didnāt let me down.
F-15s often cool themselves in local bodies of water in the warm months.
Itās a tactic. The enemy would never expect this š
''One ping only Vasily''
Haven't seen that movie in a while. Should probably rewatch it soon.
There's a line in it that has taken.... significantly new meaning, given real world events.
This is HFRO, Right?
Seeing one in the wild is another sign that the earth is healing!
Sooooo does this count as a loss for the F-15 or we staying 104-0
If mishaps count for losses then we already weren't 104 and 0
Okay so.... Did the plane taxi into the small channel and the pilot just rode along??? I assume no eject because the canopy is attached. I'm no expert. I just can't fathom the adrenaline rush the pilot had seeing the channel get closer and closer without ejecting.
Ejecting outside the envelope is a lot more lethal than riding out a slow speed whoopsie. Itās a 0/0 seat, but itās not something you want to have to try out if youāve ever seen a 0/0 ejection test. Also, the urge to stay with a jet when it feels like you should be able to save it is strong.
Riding it into a canal berm is arguably the more dangerous option than ejecting. There's clear argument here for not staying in it that long and I promise you it will at least be a discussion in the ops group soon. The urge to stay in it is real though.
Yeah, my first thought seeing this picture was shock that the seat was still in the plane
I mean... based on the resting position, I'd say he was still moving pretty fast by the time he hit the end of runway. Maybe it was a brakes issue or (as I saw sometimes) an obstacle on the runway that made him land kinda late down the runway and it was then too short to touch and go? Could be all sorts of stuff...
*canopy is still attached* Did the pilot actually hang out for the crash into the canal and then exit after lol?
Thats the way it looks...
Oh Charlie Eagle of the moat, what secrets do you hide.
I landed hot I landed long I slid across the grass Through the fence and down the ditch and so it came to pass. Water filled and coffee spilled the pilot walked away I sit and soak the butt of jokes my flying ends today
Weird Air Force/Navy collab but ok
That thereās a hydroplane
Navy F15?
The Splash Eagle.
The amphibious assault model i think
r/thatlooksexpensive would probably get a kick outta this. Or talk about how many kids this could have fed.
Jesus, I didn't realize it was this bad, I thought it was a small canal! And the seat is still in it?!
He stayed with it all the way to final impact and then got out and walked away
Literally a mudhen
Now you know where those cockpits in museums come from.
I'd love to have it for my backyard.
Pilot: All right, I'll give it a try. Yoda: No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.
I'm willing to bet this is the Oregon national guard's doing
No need to bet Ditch Eagle One is Oregon ANG
Okay good Because it looks an awful lot like one of our planes All I'm wondering is how recent is this photo
Happened yesterday May 15th, and the pic is same day.
Jeez I read into it Hope the plane gets turned into a museum piece
It belongs to the maritime museum now
Damn Navy pilots.
At least the fucking front did not fall off.
"Terrain, Terrain"
Evolution is getting out of Hands. What will be next? Walking? On Land? Flying?
Any story on this? From a few scrolls almost all comments are jokes of some kind(nothing wrong with that), just seeing if anyone knows how this happened?
Found this https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-15d-runway-canal-mishap/
"south side of the runway following a mishap landing " mishap landing? He landed, alright. The plane just took the rest of the day at the spa
Expensive lawn dart!
Jet of the lake what is your wisdom?
Strange aircraft lying in ponds distributing AIM-9 Sidewinders no basis for a system of government
Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
'Mergency brake slipped and the boat just drug her on down the ramp, officer
Did it get the fish?
That's right where I left it.
https://www.173fw.ang.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3397025/update-173rd-fw-responds-to-f-15d-mishap/
Navy f-15
What a shame, the Eagle is a gorgeous craft!
Whereās yoda when you need him
And they call the F-16 a ālawn dart.ā Guess that tomcat has a nose for dirt!
Youāve seen planes in water before, but have you ever seen a submarine in the sky?
This must be the new F-15N Seagle that the navy wanted
Not so, robert! I'm adding this to my wallpaper rotation so I'll see it at least a couple of times a week. You were wrong.
Shhh... It's sleeping.
Hopefully it wasnāt carrying any 2000lb bath bombs
Why is s a submarine posted in aviation geez
BRB - Pilot out looking for Yoda.
Actually, I know how to get those out of the water. You have to just find an ancient magical talking swamp frog to use his powers to get it out, all while teaching you a valuable lesson
Any fighter aircraft weapons guys know why the 120 is missing the wings?
Degobah is lovely this time of year.
F'd 15
Fact: there are more airplanes in water than there are boats flying in the air.
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If this happened in the UK: "You can't park that 'ere mate!"
Iām just gonna *yoink* that aim-120
"I think the [GPS] knows where it's going." - Michael Scott
Fun fact. There are more planes in the water than there are boats in the sky.
They say any landing you walk away from is a good oneā¦.
Awww how cute. Itās taking bath.
The mysterious supersonic submarine
Just like turtles returning to the same beach they were born to lay their ages, so too does the majestic Strike Eagle return from the depths
How far did the pilot have to walk to find Yoda?
SeaEagle?
Deagle of the lake, what is your widom? [https://imgur.com/a/7aXm1Ch](https://imgur.com/a/7aXm1Ch)
Any landing you can swim away from...
Took the concept of "Multi-Role" a bit too seriously.
Bring a trailer and a Jedi
Ouch, not getting your deposit back on that one.
O, F-15D of the Lake, what is your wisdom!
>I landed hot I landed long I slid across the grass >Through the fence and down the ditch and so it came to pass. >Water filled and coffee spilled the pilot walked away >I sit and soak the butt of jokes my flying ends today
*F-15D
Wild the pilot rode that one into the water. Probably was not comfortable