03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail out

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03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail out

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http://thegreekobserver.com/greece/arti ... -kalamata/
Hellenic Air Force T-2 training aircraft crashes south of Kalamata

3 Jan 2018, 1:44 pm

A Hellenic Air Force T-2 training aircraft crashed while flying south of Kalamata at 12:02 on Wednesday.

The two-man crew managed to bail out of the aircraft safely and were picked up by an Air Force helicopter. An expert inquiry to investigate the causes of the incident will take place.
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Re: 03jan2018: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail out.

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Stratofreighter wrote:http://thegreekobserver.com/greece/arti ... -kalamata/
Hellenic Air Force T-2 training aircraft crashes south of Kalamata

3 Jan 2018, 1:44 pm

A Hellenic Air Force T-2 training aircraft crashed while flying south of Kalamata at 12:02 on Wednesday.

The two-man crew managed to bail out of the aircraft safely and were picked up by an Air Force helicopter. An expert inquiry to investigate the causes of the incident will take place.
And the article shows an image of an F-16..... :roll:
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Re: 03jan2018: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail out.

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Bennie wrote:
Stratofreighter wrote:http://thegreekobserver.com/greece/arti ... -kalamata/
Hellenic Air Force T-2 training aircraft crashes south of Kalamata

3 Jan 2018, 1:44 pm

A Hellenic Air Force T-2 training aircraft crashed while flying south of Kalamata at 12:02 on Wednesday.

The two-man crew managed to bail out of the aircraft safely and were picked up by an Air Force helicopter. An expert inquiry to investigate the causes of the incident will take place.
And the article shows an image of an F-16..... :roll:
...well, you are not going to like the images of the actual crash site, either... :mrgreen: :twisted:
http://www.star.gr/ellada/400933/nees-f ... -xeiristes
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http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1500187337
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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Looks like the 160088 is involved?
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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160098/98.
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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no ?
the only one authorized to be photographied on the tarmac at Kalamata in nov 2017
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behind, twenty other on the flight line
Just watch !! :oops:
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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ASN says 160086 unconfirmed : https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=203728
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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CBR wrote:ASN says 160086 unconfirmed : https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=203728
My very first Buckeye ever on July 16th, 1985....
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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stanak wrote:no ?
the only one authorized to be photographied on the tarmac at Kalamata in nov 2017
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behind, twenty other on the flight line
Just watch !! :oops:
We were authorized to photograph them all in 2007, although no-one understood why...... :D
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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160086 or 160098 I will say 98 if you watch these picture of the tail..
The shape and brown part around the number does it to me!
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Re: 03jan2018 PICS: crew of Greek AF T-2 Buckeye had to bail

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98, no doubt about that. Compare the camouflage pattern on the photos above and below, and the crash photo (which you can enlarge by clicking)

Lovely Buckeye, RIP
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