| Author | Time | Post | |
| Courtesy Flush | Apr 2012 | OP | |
| Poll_Blind | Apr 2012 | #1 | |
| Poll_Blind | Apr 2012 | #2 | |
| Poll_Blind | Apr 2012 | #3 | |
| jwirr | Apr 2012 | #4 | |
| Poll_Blind | Apr 2012 | #6 | |
| Poll_Blind | Apr 2012 | #5 | |
| Blue_Tires | Apr 2012 | #7 | |
| Poll_Blind | Apr 2012 | #8 | |
| Kaleva | Apr 2012 | #9 | |
| Blue_Tires | Apr 2012 | #10 |
Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 12:52 PM
Poll_Blind (23,165 posts)
1. Here (PIC):
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http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/reported-navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-beach-040612
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-huge-billows-of-smoke-visible-near-naval-air-station-oceana-20120406,0,4007019.story From second site, above:
More pics there as well. PB |
Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 12:56 PM
Poll_Blind (23,165 posts)
2. Link to live stream here:
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http://www.wavy.com/generic/news/WAVY_Newscast_Live_Stream
From this thread at DU. Hat-tip to DUer malaise for the link. PB |
Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:02 PM
Poll_Blind (23,165 posts)
3. Image of crashed F-18 wreckage (PIC from WAVY live stream)
Both pilots are reported to have ejected successfully but heavy fire on the scene is preventing quick confirmation of injuries from the apartment complex into which it crashed. PB |
Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:04 PM
jwirr (20,905 posts)
4. How big is the apartment complex?
Response to jwirr (Reply #4)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:12 PM
Poll_Blind (23,165 posts)
6. Large-ish multi-story complex from description on WAVY live stream. nt
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PB
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Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:12 PM
Poll_Blind (23,165 posts)
5. Closer image of Mayfair Mews apt. complex:
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Last edited Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:15 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
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Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:19 PM
Blue_Tires (31,647 posts)
7. LBN discussion
Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:33 PM
Poll_Blind (23,165 posts)
8. Aerial view of apartment complex (PIC)
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Response to Courtesy Flush (Original post)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:51 PM
Kaleva (11,406 posts)
9. There's been talk of NAS Oceana being a possible problem for many years.
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Years ago the area around NAS Oceana (where the F-18 was most likely from)was mostly farming country. But that's changed and even when I returned to Dam Neck, Va. for more schooling back in the 80's, I was amazed to see how much of the farmland had become suburbs. Even then I read articles and discussions about the possibility of an aircraft crashing into one of the newly built up areas around the naval airbase.
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Response to Kaleva (Reply #9)
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:05 PM
Blue_Tires (31,647 posts)
10. Well, as you know
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The base came pretty close to being shut down a few years back...The NIMBYs have gotten pretty loud (but not as loud as the super hornets), and in spite of our teabaggy local politicians, they know our regional bread is buttered with a lot of "Big Gummitt" dollars thanks to the Pentagon...
Of course, this is the same teabaggy city council and business cronies who for two decades allowed commercial and residential development to spread unchecked around the base, in the face of good sense... |


