RAF "Bomb" Yorkshire...

[Bonhoff]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwywnp838j5o

 

IanJ

[Tigerausfb]

I was reminiscing with a friend just now as this reminded me of when the USAF lost a missile after it dropped off a pylon in the Cambs area. This would have been in the 90s and I don't recall them ever finding it. Does anyone else remember this?

[Alan P]

Mention made of the pylon, but not the fact that it had a Litening pod attached to it 🤔

[noelh]

20 minutes ago, Alan P said:

Mention made of the pylon, but not the fact that it had a Litening pod attached to it 🤔

Yes, I noticed that. That's a rather expensive incident. 

[hairystick]

Someone will be having a chat with SEngO... (bring your hat - don't expect tea and biscuits...)

[Troffa]

I don't think anyone has been "Lucky" for the stores not to hit them, you'd just have been very unlucky for it to have done so- in fact, it would have been like being struck by Litening 🙂 

 

I'll get my coat. 

 

So, selective jettison on the Typhoon,🔻 does the whole pylon go? Or is this a mechanical failure of some 20 year old inserts?

 

Off to PPRune for a nosey.

[kiseca]

Pilot wanted a closer look at something but instructed the wrong piece of equipment to "zoom in on that field"

[exdraken]

13 hours ago, Troffa said:

I don't think anyone has been "Lucky" for the stores not to hit them, you'd just have been very unlucky for it to have done so- in fact, it would have been like being struck by Litening 🙂 

 

I'll get my coat. 

 

 

someone obviously did not understand that a targeting pod was not meant to be put on target physically.....

 

[junglierating]

Im suprised that the ERUs had carts fitted ...i know winder Laus were without carts....forward firing store and Im pretty sure CBLS were wirelocked empty since the explosive store was on the ERU 118 (?)memory fades.

So since the pod is not an explosive store I wonder how it fell off unless it wasnt crutched down properly?.

No experience of Typhoon though

[Selwyn]

On 1/21/2025 at 8:38 PM, junglierating said:

Im suprised that the ERUs had carts fitted ...i know winder Laus were without carts....forward firing store and Im pretty sure CBLS were wirelocked he Pylon and pod came off togetherempty since the explosive store was on the ERU 118 (?)memory fades.

So since the pod is not an explosive store I wonder how it fell off unless it wasnt crutched down properly?.

No experience of Typhoon though

The pylon and pod came off together the pylon failed