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

[Joe Cobb]

I figured it was with the right side coming off.  
Thanks for the replies.   I bet that was a windy
flight to Jacksonville.  Hope they made it in OK.  

Joe

--- Michael  Comer <mikets28 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I also heard the same comms as Al,
> it was an S-3 Viking, MAULER 703.
> 
> Mike Comer
> Titusville, FL
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Cobb" <gunslinger37217 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Milcomm" <Milcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [MilCom] Acft 703 has lost his right
> canopy;now on IFE divert
> to Jax
> 
> 
> > 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.
> > >
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