[MilCom] Acft 703 has lost his right canopy; now on IFE divert to Jax

[Joe Cobb]

What kind of aircraft is it?   An F/A-18 has but one
canopy.   Is it an S-3 or do you know?  Thanks, Al.

Joe

--- AllanStern at aol.com wrote:

> It is 8:13pm EST (0113z).
>    Acft 703 among the group from the carrier has
> just announced  he has an 
> IFE and must divert to Jacksonville immediately. His
> emergency is  "right canopy 
> has departed from the aircraft."  He informed
> Sealord on  267.5 and is now up 
> on 284.5.  
>    I heard him inform another aircraft about the
> incident as soon  as it 
> happened, and the pilot was quite calm about it. .
> .not totally calm, but  
> considering the emergency he took it pretty good and
> descended to 10,000  feet.  I 
> guess when you land an F/A-18 in the middle of the
> night on a  moving ship that 
> is tossing and turning in a wild ocean, losing  a
> canopy is just another event 
> in your day. 
>  
> AL STERN  Satellite Beach FL (28-11N 80-36W)
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