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[Kompromat]

Well couldn't find a good quality one, but did find this where is is standing beside one of his Su-22 kills tail.

Qadri embraced shahadat one day before his Retirement .. is that correct?

 

[TaimiKhan]

Qadri embraced shahadat one day before his Retirement .. is that correct?

PAF website says, it was last day at the base as base commander.

" On 17 May, 1986, on a routine western CAP near Afghan border, Sqn Ldr Hameed Qadri intercepted four SU-22 aircraft. When his missiles failed to launch, he closed in with the enemy aircraft and shot down two SU-22s with his guns.

He rose to the rank of Air Cdre and laid down his life in an air crash on the last day of his command as Base Commander Minhas.

 

[Wingman]

PAF website says, it was last day at the base as base commander.

" On 17 May, 1986, on a routine western CAP near Afghan border, Sqn Ldr Hameed Qadri intercepted four SU-22 aircraft. When his missiles failed to launch, he closed in with the enemy aircraft and shot down two SU-22s with his guns.

He rose to the rank of Air Cdre and laid down his life in an air crash on the last day of his command as Base Commander Minhas.

His promotion as AVM was announced, nothing would matter if he would not fly that last day, he tried his best to tackle emergency and delayed his ejection. He was our neighbour in 1986.

 

[Wingman]

Yes they are using Martin-Baker PRM4-1.
SOP is jettison tanks but sometimes these emergencies happen over cities and pilots have to make certain decisions, Its takes hardly a sec to decide what to do and in the sec you can save your self or the fighter or the people down below. What I have seen during my service pilots have died saving civilian population below they could have easily saved them selves by dropping the tanks but they didn't.
My student Air Cdre Late Hameed Qadri Base Commander Kamra died just because he was trying to take the fighter away from civilian population but during that his fighter went inverted and crashed he could have easily ejected but he didn't. It was not that he was not a good pilot he was an excellent pilot on a routine western CAP near Afghan border Qadri intercepted four SU-22 aircraft. His missiles failed to launch he managed to shoot two SU-22s with his guns.

Sir, this is why you are much needed in the forum, explained every bit of information in detail.

2. Why did he go for mission? He also knew there was no need of it.

3. What actually happened to his aircraft that made the aircraft inverted??

 

[Blackpearl]

Well i may add on this.
Every pilot has to maintain its professional effeciency, by spending some time in flying, certain flying hours every year. Say being a pilot one has to fly minimum 50 hours in a year. then each pilot should not have a break between flying more more then certain time, say 60 days. If a pilot has done flying, if he does not fly for next 60 days, then he would not be "current", on that particular aircarft. so this bring out two thing
1. To remain on active pilot list, one has to fly/complete minimum number of hours.
2. To remain current, a gap of certain time should not be exceeded.

Being Base commander is the last and highest operational post of a fighter pilot, after which he would go in Headquarters for staff appoinrtment. A base commander is a pilot first then boss of the base.
so its no surprise, Sir Qadri Shaheed was on a routine flying. and if you ask me, flying a fighter jet on the last day, before saying goodbye to active flying is highly memorable and nostalgic.

 

[BlackenTheSky]

Two F-16s which took off from the U.S. military base in Aviano, were flying over the Italian capital when one of the two jets suffered a major engine loss.

An immediate request for an emergency landing was sent to the control tower of the Roman airport and was granted.

Both planes landed at around 00.30h on runway 3 of the airport and are parked at the Cargo City freight terminal awaiting a US military technicians from Aviano to arrive with spare parts.

 

[RPK]

Thai fighter pilot killed in crash: Air Force

Bangkok: A Thai fighter pilot was killed instantly today when his aircraft crashed during training in the northeast of the country, an air force spokesman said.


"The accident happened at 11.55am (0455 GMT) when a F5E fighter jet, in use since 1981 and attached to the fleet in Ubon Ratchathani province, crashed on the roadside," Group Captain Montol Suchookorn told.

The pilot of the one-seater jet, Flying Officer Chatchawan Rasami, died at the scene.

Montol said an investigating team was dispatched soon after the crash, which appeared to be an accident

 

[wangrong]

YANGON, Myanmar: A Myanmar Air Force fighter plane crashed Friday morning while attempting to land at Yangon airport, killing its pilot, an airport official said.

An official at Yangon International Airport said the F-7 jet crashed while on a training flight. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

The cause of the crash was not immediately known. The Air Force base is adjacent to the civilian airport and uses the same runways.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

how old are their F-7s, which version are they using

 

[wangrong]

how old are their F-7s, which version are they using

1990-1991 35 J7Ms

about 20 years

 

[ejaz007]

Two Taiwan pilots killed in crash
Updated at: 1215 PST, Thursday, January 28, 2010


TAIPEI: Taiwan's military confirmed Thursday that two pilots were killed when their plane went down during a routine training mission.

The military launched a massive search after the propeller-driven T-34 trainer went missing above the mountains of southern Taiwan shortly after taking off from the air force academy on Tuesday.

"We have found the bodies of both pilots and we will continue investigating" the cause of the accident, said Yen Te-fa, a spokesman for the search mission. The air force has grounded all 40 trainers for safety checks after the incident.

Two Taiwan pilots killed in crash

 

[shanixee]

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Nishant, which was on a test flight, crashlanded in an agricultural land at Chikkatumutagiri in Bangarpet taluk on Friday following technical problem. The UAV was scheduled to land at Defence Research and Development and Development (DRDO) premises at Muduwadi Hosahalli in Kolar taluk. The vehicle was launched at 11 am and was scheduled to return at 4 pm after flying over Hosur in Tamil Nadu. However, it developed problems around 2.45 and crashlanded with a loud sound. Wings were damaged in the accident. No one was injured in the accident.


On hearing the thud, a teacher and students in a nearby school rushed out and saw the damaged vehicle. In Bangalore, a DRDO spokesperson denied that the UAV had crashlanded. However, he confirmed that the UAV was the advanced version of Nishant.


Spokesperson Jayaprakash maintained that the wings of the UAV were slightly damaged when the aircraft landed on an uneven ground. "The area where the UAV landed was earmarked for emergency landings and it landed using a parachute. The villagers assumed it was a crash," he claimed.He also said that there was no significant damage and that the aircraft was going to be used again.

 

[Najam Khan]

His promotion as AVM was announced, nothing would matter if he would not fly that last day, he tried his best to tackle emergency and delayed his ejection. He was our neighbour in 1986.

An Uncle of mine is his student...he was in 14Sqn at that time, he once told me that Qadri knew that his aircraft is about to crash, but still he controlled his nerves, remained very calm and managed the situation very professionally.

 

[Blackpearl]

I have a very sad news , i dont know why its still not posted here.
a cobra helicopter of Pakistan Army has crashed in Waziristan, both the pilots have embrassed Shahadat. The helicopter was reportredly hit by ground fire.
May the souls of deparetd, rest in peace, ameen

 

[Blackpearl]

Ok the news is already there in an other thread.