Strange F16 flight

gemscorp1 SG · 2007-08-23T19:30:56+00:00

Higlight of Changi International Aerospace is the all F16 black Knight demo- aleady slated for training soon. You meant only one pilot was trained for opposi...

gemscorp1 SG

Not sure if anyone noticed a pair of F16A OR F16Cs coming into Paya Lebar; this morning.

It seemed strange, cause there was white smoke from lead F16 as it was coming in for landing.

Trailing F16 followed with no smoke.

Not sure if there was a problem with the lead
Surprised Rolling Eyes

spidey3 SG

are you sure it is smoke and not water vapour?

gemscorp1 SG

Spidey 3,

Yes, its smoke not water vapour.

The smoke was not dense and it was dropping ... as it flew by.

Shotgun SG

Could have been a new engine they took out of storage?

Was there any peculiar flight deviations?

sgf SG

I thought we already donated all our A/Bs to the Thais?

gemscorp1 SG

Could have been a new engine they took out of storage?

Was there any peculiar flight deviations?

Not that I noticed; came in quite fast.

Herzog_Zwei SG

Birdstrike?

beavan SG

so unlucky

cydus21 SG

was the lead with smoke relatively higher in altitude as compared to the trail on final?? cause if he is, its confirm a flameout! but such cases normally will report on mindef la..

monkeybusiness SG

if its truly an engine problem, do you think the air traffic controller would still allow the aircraft to fly over residential or heavily populated areas? if the aircraft drop from the sky, who is going to answer? mindef would not take such a risk.

if the aircraft is experiencing engine problem, the aircraft would be diverted to a more isolated area.

Shotgun SG

Yeah, one of our southern islands has an emergency runway. But white smoke on flame out? Could you estimate the approach? 3 degree or steeper than that? 11-12 degrees?

venny SG

that emergency runway on that island is very short.....
there are some special procedures and provisions for such planes to land. cannot discuss it though.... but they still can land at plab, no harm.

gemscorp1 SG

When I noticed it; it was at less than HDB 14 storey height.

Yes, it was steep angle, as it swooped overhead.

cydus21 SG

flame out AoA is from 7 to 17 degrees.. norm is 3.

singapore east to west is 26 miles, north to south is 14
if the viper is at 20k feet with 6 degrees AoA, it could approximately glide the whole of breath of singapore. i dun think is a very big problem to land back into base with lotsa height to play around with

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

Haha, maybe the afterburner malfunctioned and was spraying fuel that somehow didn’t ignite but formed this smoke cloud instead?

venny SG

it wont look like white smoke if it was spraying fuel. that possibility quite remote

Shotgun SG

Was its landing gears deployed? Approximately how far are u from the Air base? Approximately 1.4km?

Its approach can't be very steep cos its pretty low flying. UNLESS the position where u saw it is pretty near the run way.

Gun SG

OT alittle.

u referring to that 2.5km airstrip on P.Sudong? Thought a C130 can land, rite?
If not, its 24/7 emergency arrester gears are there already.

Can see on Google earth. Mr. Green

Pablo SG

Don’t let your imagination run wild. Aircraft with engine problem, especially single engine ones, will not be over flying populace to land on a runway.

monkeybusiness SG

there's another diversion airfield in sg
but i wun say where it is
all aircraft with engine problems will be diverted there and not allowed to fly over populated areas