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New dashcam footage captures the moment a pilot ejected from an F-16 just before his fighter jet crashed into a warehouse near March Air Reverse Base in Southern California last week.

Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. https://abcn.ws/2HNij7B

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2:46 AM - 22 May 2019

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>>6556154

>>6556142 yes

>>6556135 (You)

>That jet looked like it was being controlled after he ejected, spoopy.

yeah it did. probably the autopilot (they have 4) tried to recover from the nosedown input from the ejection seat going out, then ran out of airspeed and altitude, stalled and rolled over.

after the 8th try, expiring captchas, 28%, 53%, 100% uploading a squashed version hangs…

>>6556204

like all modern fighters, an F16 is inherently unstable. this is so it's rapidly maneuverable, and for that reason it's uncontrollable by a human. the pilot just directs the autopilots what to do.

Juan Brown from his blacolirio channel had this…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9vIKzifa20****

>>6556411

indeed.