F-15 crashes in lincolnshire

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vikingBerserker said:
Man, I could never live with myself if I ejected and the plane hit a school. I'm so glad that did not happen and nobody was hurt.
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Lincolnshire is a big empty county (in UK terms) so not much chance. During the war my mother cursed when a wellington came down and DIDNT hit her school. She was hoping she wouldnt have to go.

It said on the radio that it was seen spiralling backwards to the ground so I dont think the pilot had much choice or control.
 
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No casualties is good news.

I used to go shooting with an ex-RAF fighter pilot who had a bit of a mishap over Lincolnshire in a Gloster Javelin. It went into a flat spin - which was unrecoverable in the Javelin - and fortunately landed in a farmers field rather than on a school bus full of orphans or a home for cute puppies
Him and his observer had already selected the Martin Baker option...he was always a bit vague as to exactly how the Javelin entered the flat spin
 
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