Thunderbird crash at USAFA today.

Maplerock

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Pilot ejected. No word yet on his condition or ground damage. 4 miles south of airport.

Hoping for the best.

 

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Maplerock said:

Pilot ejected. No word yet on his condition or ground damage. 4 miles south of airport.

Hoping for the best.

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According to radio chatter:
"Pilot has been retrieved, relatively uninjured."

 

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Thank heavens no one hurt. Wasn't the graduation today?

 

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Yes, he was there today.

 

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The plane is largely intact, and the President is waiting to greet the pilot at Peterson AFB when he is retrieved and returned.

 

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amazingly scary! So glad he's ok. MA native. http://www.myfoxboston.com/news/thu...r-flyover-at-air-force-commencement/318631933

 

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Unfortunately, a Blue Angel crashed on a training flight today in TN, and the pilot wasn't so lucky. Bad day for aviation.