Thanks for that John.
----- Original Message -----
From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association ; j...@frewston.plus.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:51036] planes collide
Lithuania apparently flies in feet, as does France and NATO.
http://www.vfrguide.com/visual-flight-rules/lithuania
Another version of the article states two Mirage jets and a Lithuanian
military jet were on joint patrol. I assume they were in formation, more
closely spaced than normal ATC separations and were "one big aircraft" to ATC.
Two of the pilots failed to maintain visual separation. The Mirage was damaged
but landed. The Lithuanian jet crashed but the pilots ejected.
As one plane landed, I assume the damage was not extensive, but on the
Lithuanian aircraft, was to a critical control surface, resulting in an
unflyable plane.
--- On Tue, 8/30/11, John Frewen-Lord <j...@frewston.plus.com> wrote:
From: John Frewen-Lord <j...@frewston.plus.com>
Subject: [USMA:51036] planes collide
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 6:54 AM
In view of recent discussions on aircraft altitudes, I wonder if that
may be behind this accident today, involving both Nato and Baltic state
aircraft.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14715235
We'll probably never know, sadly.
John F-L
