David, after further review, this is even a better shot than I originally thought. I noticed in your shot that the cockpit looked "foggy" and after reading about the accident, the investigation found that the hydraulics broke and fogged up the cockpit. The pilot could not see and could not break. Your shot clearly shows the fog in the cockpit, so you actually captured the reason for the crash. Videos of this did no show this, but your photo clearly does. Great shot, and it just shows that stills are better than video some times! Wonderfully done!
Good old Oshkosh. Crazy shot. Nicely captured. Definitely a once in a lifetime shot, and you snapped it flawlessly. Bravo! Gotta go run over to Youtube now though to check the vid!
The best type of landing is one you walk away from. Well captured. The youth of today, no patience. Could he not have waited till he got home to upload it?
This F-16C Viper, ran off the end of the runway at Air Venture 2011, better known as Oshkosh. The pilot was not injured. Before he could egress his stricken fighter, some kid behind me shouted out, "got it, it's already on YouTube!"
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