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The #5 Blue Angel(Navy F-18 Hornet Fighter Plane) went down in the Gulf of Mex today at 3PM. Apparently, it hit a bird(s?) while on its landing approach. The pilot was able to pull the jet up enough for it to crash land into the Gulf instead of making a land impact. The pilot ejected safely and was picked up by the Coast Guard and has already been released from the hospital. This is somewhere on the coast of Perdido Key, FL/Orange Beach,AL line. Apparently there were witnesses from land that saw the crash, so it can't be that far off the beach... I guess...
What are the chances that the Navy will let the crash sit in the water to make another artificial reef? What are the chances that there is enough left of the aircraft to make a sizeable enough reef that won't be swept away with the next bout of surf? :06: The wreckage is supposed to be about 6 miles out, that would put it in 50-70' of water probably.
A little information here http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/news/st/1201_planedown.shtml
The rest of the information I posted was broadcasted over a Rock Station this evening(not exactly a rock solid source, but who knows!).
What are the chances that the Navy will let the crash sit in the water to make another artificial reef? What are the chances that there is enough left of the aircraft to make a sizeable enough reef that won't be swept away with the next bout of surf? :06: The wreckage is supposed to be about 6 miles out, that would put it in 50-70' of water probably.
A little information here http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/news/st/1201_planedown.shtml
The rest of the information I posted was broadcasted over a Rock Station this evening(not exactly a rock solid source, but who knows!).
Theres an A-7 Corsair a few miles south of Pensacola - I guess I'll have to find my way out there one of these days. 
