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Aviation Discussion => General Aviation => Topic started by: Jimi182 on Jul 31, 2025, 09:07

Title: Spanish F18 jet incident: Video shows aircraft nearly crashing into popular Euro
Post by: Jimi182 on Jul 31, 2025, 09:07
Lots of discussions as to what happened to cause the jet to carry out such a manoeuvrer - Official Spanish AF Twitter said the pilot was avoiding birds etc

Can you imagine if this happened during an airshow in the UK!

https://thenightly.com.au/world/spanish-f18-jet-incident-video-shows-aircraft-nearly-crashing-into-popular-european-beach-c-19534469
Title: Re: Spanish F18 jet incident: Video shows aircraft nearly crashing into popular Euro
Post by: angry turnip on Jul 31, 2025, 15:38
You can clearly ssee the birds in the video, I`m not convinced rolling inverted was the best choice of manoeuvre, but then I`m not a fast jet pilot.They reacted as they thought best,but it does look iffy flying towards the busy beach.