[媒體名稱] Military Times [新聞日期] 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.
荷蘭一架F-16在訓練中被自己的20mm機砲打中而被迫緊急降落
至少有一發子彈打穿了機身 而引擎中也找到了子彈碎片
用自己的機砲打中自己是個很困難的成就
第一個達成的人是1956年的Thomas W. Attridge Jr.
同樣用F11F-1 Tiger機上的20mm機砲擊落了自己
調查結果是在俯衝過程(20,000 ft -> 7,000 ft)中發射的彈藥受到足夠的空氣阻力緩速
使得加速中的自機最後神奇的追撞上那些子彈
Attridge的緊急返航撐不到機場就墜毀在樹林間 但最後生還
荷蘭這架F-16目前事故原因尚在調查中
但總之美製飛機又再次創造奇蹟