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Jun 4^th, 2003 at 9:34pm

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FROM www.eltiempo.com (Colombian Newspaper)

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Un ave se introdujo en la turbina de un Kafir de la Fuerza Aérea colombiana y lo derrumbó a 16 millas de Puerto Salgar, en el Magdalena Medio, esta tarde. El piloto resultó ileso. 5:30 p.m.

TRANSLATION

a bird was sucked into the fan of a K-Fir of the Colombian Air Force and "shot it down" 16 miles from its home base in Puerto Salgar in the Magdalena Medio region this afternoon. the pilot got out un injured

sad aint it???

due to the war in y country our air force has been "forgotten" and the money goes mostly to the army and navy Tongue

as far as i know we have like 5 or 10 k-firs left and like 5 mirages M5 Sad

6 OV-10's and a few A-37's

anyways, i just wanted u to know.... good thing the pilot bailed out Grin

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Reply #1 - Jun 4^th, 2003 at 9:42pm

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straight from the air force's website

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COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE
PRESS COMMUNICATION

Bogota, June 4, 2003

The Air Force commandant inform to the citizens that today at 10:05 hours the KFIR combat aircraft, register Number FAC-3046, pilot by Captain Juan Manuel Grisales Palacio, suffer an accident at 16 nautical miles at the north of the Air Base “Captain German Olano”, Puerto Salgar. The aircraft that belong to the Combat Air Commander No. 1, was executing a mission of navigation at 5000 feet when suffer the ingestion on a turbine of a bird that cause its deaden. The pilot tries to turn on the turbine and when he could not do it and due the proximity to the terrain, he eject from the aircraft being rescued unhurt.

Specialist of the Combat Air Commander No. 1, are executing the rescue of the aircraft that falls on the Magdalena River.

General HECTOR FABIO VELASCO CHAVEZ
Air Force Commandant

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Reply #2 - Jun 5^th, 2003 at 1:12am

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good thing he was able to bail out Wink

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Reply #3 - Jun 5^th, 2003 at 3:35am

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At least the pilot is okay. Aircraft can be replaced, human lives can't...

Ozzy

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #4 - Jun 5^th, 2003 at 3:49pm

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At least the pilot is okay. Aircraft can be replaced, human lives can't...

Ozzy

i gotta post quick cause im from school and im not alowed to do this Roll Eyes

lol.... anyway....

u r both right, thats the good side of the news Grin

the a/c ended up on a river..... the airforce says that they will send a "rescue team" to get the plane back..... my dad says that is insane to try to get the plane out....its too expensive and the river is the most caudalous in my country Tongue

if u want to look it up is the Magdalena River in Colombia Grin

Happy Landings!!!

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Reply #5 - Jun 9^th, 2003 at 7:55am

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Hmmmmmmm.....
Yeah, it's sad... this airplane was probably in the IDF/AF too.
But the A/C's name is Kfir-not K-Fir... Kfir is a word from the bible that means Lion Cub.
What model was that Kfir? C-7?

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Reply #6 - Jun 10^th, 2003 at 9:06pm

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Hmmmmmmm.....
Yeah, it's sad... this airplane was probably in the IDF/AF too.
But the A/C's name is Kfir-not K-Fir... Kfir is a word from the bible that means Lion Cub.
What model was that Kfir? C-7?

got it

well dunno what model was it Lips Sealed

the planes were bought brand new from Israel in the early 80's i think, i bet if u ask around ur place u can prlly find some info, its a bit too hard for me since i dont live in Colombia any more Tongue

i didnt know about the meaning of the name, lol inspires fear doesnt it?? Grin

hehehehe

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