F-16 swallows a bird video

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It is worth 42 seconds of your time. 

Amazing 45 second sequence. You may have to replay to see the bird
that entered the engine. Go to large screen if you can. This is
footage from the cockpit of an F-16. Cool reaction and professionalism of the two
pilots, including cockpit transmission with video.

F-16 engine ingests bird after takeoff at Tyndall AFB. Think you might
find it interesting to see a crash from the cockpit of an airplane.

It is an instructor pilot in the rear and a student in the front seat
of an F-16.

A "Bird Strike," as seen through the Heads Up Display (HUD). You can
see the bird flash by just prior to impacting the engine. You can hear
the aircraft voice warning system telling them they have a problem and
referring to the "D-6 NL" which means there is no engine RPM.

They made two attempts to relight the jet engine, but evidently there
was too much damage from the bird strike and they had to eject. These
guys were very cool; note the heavy breathing... They certainly flew
longer than one would expect before ejecting. Airspeed can be observed
on the HUD's upper left corner. It goes down to the low 120's as they
struggle to get the engine going again, but as the plane noses over
and dives to earth it increases to at least 175 just before impact.

It just goes to show how quickly your day can go to pieces - 45
seconds from strike to ejection. All and all, not bad. They ran the
Emergency Checklist, made two relight attempts, and picked out a
plowed field for impact before ejecting.

You can follow the audio attached to it and hear the conversation
between the pilot and instructor pilot and then the tower. Including
the pilot saying they were punching out. The tower didn't seem to
completely understand it all, and missed the significance of the last
transmission..

The tower's last radio call, he's talking to an empty aircraft. The
video continues until impact, even after they both eject. A classic
"buying the farm" as you can see the plow rows get bigger. A real nice
job from the aircrew by keeping their cool and turning the aircraft
away from populated areas. No one hurt and no one killed but the dirty
bird did cost the Taxpayers a "few" million dollars!

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