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Pictures of the a Hawker Hunter T Mk7 crash intp automobiles on the A27 highway during the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex on Saturday, August 22, 2015. The aircraft was performing its routine and did a loop, but could not pull out before crashing.

Up to twenty people on the highway and nearby are reported to have died, although, miraculously, the jet's pilot, Andrew Hill, survived the crash and remained in critical condition in a chemically induced coma. It's not iclear whether Hill used his ejector seat, but the video clearly does not show him ejecting at any time before ther crash. YThe one picture of the crash on the ground shows the canopy canted to the left and what could be evidence of an ejection to the left.

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Pictures of the a Hawker Hunter T Mk7 crash intp automobiles on the A27 highway during the Shoreham Airshow in West Sussex on Saturday, August 22, 2015. The aircraft was performing its routine and did a loop, but could not pull out before crashing.

Up to twenty people on the highway and nearby are reported to have died, although, miraculously, the jet's pilot, Andrew Hill, survived the crash and remained in critical condition in a chemically induced coma. It's not iclear whether Hill used his ejector seat, but the video clearly does not show him ejecting at any time before ther crash. YThe one picture of the crash on the ground shows the canopy canted to the left and what could be evidence of an ejection to the left.

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Here's the video:

A couple of more videos of that horrific crash in the UK at the Airshow:



Simply amazing that the pilot survived the crash..

This is simply one of the most amazing crash pictures I have seen.



The pilot survived that crash. Some reports say they pulled him from the wreckage of the plane...but in that pic it looks like he is already gone out of the aircraft.

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Naval Today said:

The crew of Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth flashed up the new carrier’s long range radar as part of ongoing preparations to ready the leviathan for sea next year.

The S1850M radar – the same as those fitted to Type 45 destroyers – is a large black slab (over eight tonnes, 32 square metres) sitting on top of the carrier’s forward island.

It was lifted into place by the huge Goliath crane at Rosyth dockyard back in November 2013 – long before the ship was ‘launched’ by the Queen.

Since then the ever-growing ship’s company and engineers from the Aircraft Carrier Alliance have been toiling on the ‘setting to work’ phase of the 65,000-tonne warship’s constructions, preparing its myriad of complex systems for use.

The radar has not been switched to full power – with hundreds of people working on her daily there are power and safety limitations to bear in mind.

But even on ‘restricted duties’ the radar immediately began compiling an air picture, tracking aircraft on approach to Glasgow airport (40 miles to the west of Rosyth) as well as transatlantic traffic to and from the rest of the UK.

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Boy, oh boy! She's looking very good in that picture. Fit, trim, and squared away...preparing to go to sea in a few months. That will be exciting.

No way the pilot survived that crash !? Must have ejected

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No way the pilot survived that crash !? Must have ejected

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Well, I have reviewed the film many times and he definitely did not eject before hitting the ground.

That one pic, on the ground, shows the canopy up (maybe coming off) and he may have ejected then.

But reports also said he was pulled from the wreckage. Wreckage of the aircraft? or wreckage on the ground?

We just do no know.

Either way it is miraculous that he survived.

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As the nearest ship to the scene the Royal Navy hydrographic ship HMS Enterprise contributed to a major rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean, working under an Italian-led EU mission.

The vessel identified four small vessels and safely brought aboard 453 people, who were later transferred to the German frigate Schleswig Holstein and taken to the southern Italian port of Taranto.

Several other European ships were involved in Saturday’s rescue off the coast of Libya, where more than 20 vessels had issued distress calls and around 4,400 people were saved. It was the largest operation of the mission so far to take place in a single day.

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This humanitarian crisis in the Med is of epic proportions. It seems every week thousands are saved and hundreds die at sea.

With the war ravages that occurred in Libya and the continued state of that nation, with what is continuing in Syria (and has been going on for several years) you have hundreds of thousands of people literally taking to the seas to escape the carnage.

This operation involved 20 ships in total...and the surrounding European nations have got to be given credit for mounting this ongoing large operation to try and provide humanitarian aid.

Check out the future British super ship of the 50's! 2050 I mean I heard will even make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs

Britain’s Future Warship: The Dreadnought 2050
by on September 2, 2015



A front view of the T2050. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)


The British defense firm Startpoint Group this week released conceptual images of a future warship dubbed The Dreadnought 2050.

The sleek-looking trimaran whose name honors the famed early 20th-century battleship was dreamed up by naval designers at the company at the request of the Ministry of Defence.

The craft, called the T2050, is envisioned with an acrylic hull that could be ballasted with water to turn the ship into a stealthy semi-submersible, an exterior electromagnetic rail gun, an interior operations room with “Google Glass” walls to display tactical information and a garage in the transom with a “moon pool” capable of launching underwater drones, among other innovative features.

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An aft view of the T2050. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)


A view of T2050’s transom garage. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)


Tactical system operators are seated around the circumference of the Ops room with banks of 2D multi-functional displays. Seats can be rotated round to face Google Glass-like walls that enable operators to overlay additional information on a 360 degree hemispheric outside view. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)

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The aft aviation facility on board T2050 is primarily configured to operate and support remotely piloted air vehicles, and the flight deck itself is large enough to handle the simultaneous launch and/or recovery of two UAVs. However, the superstructure around the flight deck can be rotated so as to create space to enable helicopters to land side-on. Furthermore, the hangar space is big enough to take a medium-sized helicopter. Electrically-driven submerged waterjet propulsors are fitted in the outriggers or “amahs.” (Image Copyright 2015 Startpoint)


An electromagnetic (EM) railgun is fitted forward. The EM railgun uses high-power electromagnetic energy, instead of explosive chemical propellants, to fire hyper-velocity projectiles at ranges of up to 200 km. These projectiles will destroy targets using kinetic energy rather than conventional explosives. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)


Ship-wide automation will allow T2050 to operate with a minimal core crew. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)


Key facts of the T2050 include a length of 155 meters, beam of 37 meters, range of unlimited distance (depending on the type of powerplant), crew of between 50 and 100 persons, and speed of 50 knots. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)


A large ‘garage’ area in the ship’s transom will provide an area for the launch, recovery, maintenance and storage of rigid inflatable boats, swimmer delivery vehicles (SDVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). A moon pool within the garage enables the deployment of SDVs and/or UUVs when the transom door is closed. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)


The low-observable wave-piercing trimaran ‘sea-frame’ combines speed, stability and efficiency, and also allows for a larger flight deck area. One option is that the hull could be ballasted down with water, allowing it to be transformed into an ultra-stealthy semi-submersible for missions where covertness is a priority. (Image copyright 2015 Startpoint)

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