A-4 Skyhawk Gate Guard F*ck Up

[Matt308]

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLC-QgCi1pQ

 

[GrauGeist]

Damn...

 

[Njaco]

That was like watching someone get hit in the nuts......

 

[meatloaf109]

Oh, hell no!

 

[Wayne Little]

Oh....Sh*t.....

 

[vikingBerserker]

Whomever setup the crane should be shot!

 

[Airframes]

Oh dear! Which naughty person didn't do their ground survey then ?!!

 

[Njaco]

Did the ground collapse or did the crane break?

 

[GrauGeist]

From all of the grinding and squeeling noises going on, I would guess that the crane was over-extended and collapsed...the aerial view looked like the crane base was some distance from the pylon where the Skyhawk was to be mounted

 

[herman1rg]

OOOPs

 

[parsifal]

maybe its fixable

 

[fubar57]

Agree with Graugeist. Look at the angle of the crane at the 47 second mark. The angle should be well above 60 degrees.

Geo

 

[CharlesBronson]

Sad end for an honourable warrior as the A-4 is.

 

[evangilder]

Oh man, that was painful to watch.

 

[Crimea_River]

The work of amateurs takes its toll once again. One look at the way the hook was rigged to the lift point raises a lot of questions about their competence. Until the crane let go, was expecting the lift points to give way.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

The work of amateurs takes its toll once again. One look at the way the hook was rigged to the lift point raises a lot of questions about their competence. Until the crane let go, was expecting the lift points to give way.

Seems he set up on soft ground and it gave way.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLC-QgCi1pQ

Uploaded on Jun 17, 2011
After taking a couple years to restore. A A-4 Skyhawk was being put back on its pedistal in Alameda. The soft ground gave way under the crane. Video taken off KRON 4 NEWS

maybe its fixable

Already done.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmuukBjhU_w


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