[媒体名称] Military Times [新闻日期] 2019/04/09
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An F-16 pilot with the Royal Netherlands Air Force had to make an emergency
landing at Leeuwarden Air Base after the U.S.-made plane shot itself with its
own rotary cannon. (Robin Utrecht/AFP)
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A Dutch F-16 fighter jet flying a training exercise over the Netherlands
scored a direct hit — on itself — when the pilot fired the aircraft’s 20mm
rotary cannon.
Sometimes, even inanimate objects will do anything to get out of training.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot was able to make an emergency landing
at Leeuwarden Air Base after the plane suffered “considerable damage,”
according to a report from Dutch state media.
At least one round ripped through the jet’s exterior, the report said, while
munition fragments were also found in the aircraft’s engine.
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“This is a serious incident," Wim Bagerbos, inspector general at the
Netherlands Department of Defense, told Dutch media.
“We therefore want to fully investigate what happened and how we would be
able to avoid this in future.”
U.S. aviators, of late, have dealt with a boon of aircraft mishaps, most
notably incidents involving mid-air oxygen system failures resulting in a
spike of reported physiological episodes.
But a plane firing on itself, especially with its own autocannon, is almost
unheard of — and impossible.
Thomas W. Attridge Jr. became the first pilot to do so in September 1956
when, flying as a test pilot for Grumman, the 33-year-old former Navy officer
shot down his own F11F-1 Tiger, similar to the variant used by the Blue
Angels during the 1960s.
At an altitude of 20,000 feet, Attridge entered into a dive while firing the
Tiger’s 20mm rotary cannon.
Continuing the dive all the way to 7,000 feet, Attridge exhausted the gun’s
ammunition before the plane was hit by what he presumed to be a bird strike.
Before long, however, the engine began to fail, and his emergency return to
the Grumman airstrip was cut short as he crashed through a thicket of trees
just short of the runway.
Attridge would survive the crash, with numerous broken bones, and go on to
work on the Apollo Lunar Module.
The investigation into his crash found that the rounds he fired during the
rapid descent experienced enough drag to drastically slow their velocity.
As the plane’s acceleration increased, it managed to gain on its own rounds
before miraculously connecting in mid-air.
No definitive explanation for the Dutch F-16 mishap has been provided, but in
any event, an American-made plane has made history once again.
An investigation remains ongoing.
荷兰一架F-16在训练中被自己的20mm机砲打中而被迫紧急降落
至少有一发子弹打穿了机身 而引擎中也找到了子弹碎片
用自己的机砲打中自己是个很困难的成就
第一个达成的人是1956年的Thomas W. Attridge Jr.
同样用F11F-1 Tiger机上的20mm机砲击落了自己
调查结果是在俯冲过程(20,000 ft -> 7,000 ft)中发射的弹药受到足够的空气阻力缓速
使得加速中的自机最后神奇的追撞上那些子弹
Attridge的紧急返航撑不到机场就坠毁在树林间 但最后生还
荷兰这架F-16目前事故原因尚在调查中
但总之美制飞机又再次创造奇蹟