John fogg blue angels 1973 crash

Contact US. Username or Email. Password Forgot your password? Keep me logged in. Log In or Create an account. Moderators 2, posts DaveTrojan Moderators 2, posts Share. Anybody been to a Blue Angel F-4 Phantom crash site? WaltW posts Share. I couldn't imagine doing close formation aerobatics in that truck, particularly as lousy as the visibility was from the F-4 cockpit.

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Craig59 45 posts Share. One year in which the Blues operated the F-4, we spread a blanket on our shake-shingle roof and watched the show. The F-4 was not just a visual experience. You felt and heard the performance as much as you watched it. Navy Lieutenant Michael Curtin was killed. April — Lead Solo Lt. LT Ross stayed with and landed the plane which left the end of the runway and taxied into the woods after a total hydraulic failure upon landing.

Mike Gershon. Andy Caputi ejected and parachuted to safety. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Moseley ejected safely.

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Pat Moneymaker landed his airplane, but it never flew again. Kieron O'Connor, flying in the front seat of a two-seat Hornetand recently selected demonstration pilot Lt. Bill Worley was killed when his Tiger crashed during a practice double Immelman. He ejected safely, while the aircraft slid off the runway. John Fogg, Lt. The rest of the season was canceled after this incident.

Navy Lieutenant Michael Curtin was killed. Lead Solo Lt. LT Ross stayed with and landed the plane which left the end of the runway and taxied into the woods after a total hydraulic failure upon landing. Mike Gershon. Andy Caputi ejected and parachuted to safety.

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Lead solo Lt. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Moseley ejected safely. Pat Moneymaker was able to land his airplane, which then required a complete right-wing replacement. Kevin Colling in the back seat struck the ground during circle and arrival maneuvers in Valdosta, Georgia. Neither pilot survived. He suffered minor injuries. Kevin J. The Navy investigation found that Capt.

Kuss performed the maneuver at too low of an altitude while failing to retard the throttle out of the afterburner, causing him to fall too fast and recover at too low of an altitude. Kuss ejected, but his parachute was immediately engulfed in flames, causing him to fall to his death.

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Furthermore, The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. The investigation also cites weather and pilot fatigue as additional causes of the crash. Dewenter Lt.