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Hmm...Possibly, The chute system wouldn't be heavy and packed chutes shouldn't take up much room (think the parachutes behind drag cars). The F-35 costs 80 odd million and has super high tech on board - Even just it's paint! So I am surprised the 35 doesn't AT LEAST have some munitions on board to self destruct (like a wayward missile) - Or software to fly it back at least beyond the enemy's borders...




For a place like Australia, we don;t have hundreds of fighters to replace losses...Maybe its something the Aussies are working on for our fighters... DSTO (Defence Science and Technology Organisation) would be the group to have a crack.

 

A pilot punching out of a flyable aircraft would seem to be a rare situation……..

 

Agreed, hence my comment about a self destruct option...
Wouldn't these aircraft have an example of an "EPERB"? Triggered by a crash or ejection...Seems weird they are having trouble locating an 80 million dollar piece of equipment.

 

The 35 is only 13 empty...

 

I've been listening to a good number of aviation experts on this and it just gets less clear.
-One said that it is SOP when operating within the ATC (Air Traffic Control) system, that they should have had transponders on so as not to be invisible to air traffic controllers. Failure would present a hazard to commercial and civilian aircraft in and around the Charleston area. So why was the transponder off? Speculated electrical failure.
-Both aircraft reported being in torrential rain prior to the ejection. A possible lightning strike with loss of electrical systems?
-Some have questioned why the second pilot did not follow the aircraft including a number of reporters. The military pilots have said, the second pilot had a binary choice, he could not do both, he could 1.) Take control of the ejection site, orbit the area and assist in pilot recovery or 2.) Follow the now pilotless aircraft. SOP calls for adopting the first option, if the second is chosen the pilot has no ability to control when and where the aircraft comes down, so it is a futile gesture.
-As with most peacetime missions no live ordinance was carried, too big a risk to the aircraft and people on the ground. So, the second aircraft could not have downed the abandoned aircraft.
-A good number have suggested the aircraft might have been hacked. The Chinese actually breached the system in 2007 and stole performance, design and electronics systems information. In 2012 a team of US Navy Hackers investigating reported weaknesses hacked the system revealing additional vulnerabilities. In 2016 the GAO produced a report covering the security concerns and concluded the ALIS (Autonomic Logistics Information System) system was vulnerable from multiple vectors. In 2017 the DoD revealed it was aware of the potential weaknesses and had implemented patches as vulnerabilities were uncovered, but the system itself could not be fully secured. They revealed that foreign actors could "brick" entire fleets of F-35's, individual aircraft could be hacked and made non-operational, and weapons systems could be hijacked and taken over. The vulnerabilities have not been fixed. The Joint Reprogramming Enterprise, or JRE is another integrated software system the aircraft uses that introduces additional cybersecurity vulnerabilities. In 2017, "anomalies" introduced into the F-35's software system forced the grounding of F-35's flying out of Yuma, AZ.

I don't think hacking was the issue here, just pointing out it is a possibility. A foreign actor would not likely chance revealing their capability to interfere with a routine, non- critical flight.
-The aircraft did recover from whatever event triggered the ejection. It flew 80 miles north before crashing and a number of aviation experts have noted that the area where the aircraft went down was not charred/burned, indicating that the aircraft was out of fuel when it went down.
-Under certain conditions the F-35B can auto-eject the pilot if certain flight parameters are detected. From what I can gather this is only applicable during VSTOL flight.

 

On the Friday before Labor Day I came down with Covid, even though I had ALL the booster shots. I could not sleep from 2am Saturday before Labor Day, until by Sunday at 9:30 am I called the ambulance, I was that sick with vomiting and diarrhea. It attacked my stomach and intestines, even though the initial fever and chills and cough had subsided . In the hospital I tested positive for Covid. I had four containers of IV fluid, two of anti-nausea and one blood pressure infusion because my blood pressure was that low. They discharged me at 7:00pm on Labor Day. I will not go into any more detail to bore people here, but I have had Cancer twice, a mini stroke , a pacemaker installed, many other viruses and sickness, RSV, pneumonia and operations, but I have never been as sick in my 78 years as I have been for the last two weeks. It’s like having the stomach flu for two weeks. I lost ten pounds but after a certain diet I am feeling better. I walk with a cane now. This is bad stuff, really bad. I would never wish it on anyone. Perhaps it was the new variant. I will never know and I don’t know where I picked it up. But without that Ensure energy drink, a good probiotic, bananas, yogurt, oatmeal, Power Ade drink and just finally force feeding myself regular foods, I would not have the strength to move around the house and neighborhood as I do today. Believe me, you never want this kind of Covid 19.

 

Interesting...I've not spent as much time thinking about this as other subjects, but it has come across my desk a few times...I agree that it is a difficult subject to grapple with. Consciousness - Self Awareness - The Mind. Where in the brain is the mind? What exactly is it? Why is it? A good start to this subject is to look at things we DON'T attribute consciousness - Rocks - Dirt - the air around us...But what about trees and grasses and animals? They are "alive" and need to interact with their surroundings to survive...Most of these creatures need to make decisions every day (They are not robotic or running on a strict program) - From what point is that decision being made?
I'm afraid i would have to agree that it IS a pseudoscience, at least as it is being studied today.

Is this what "Scholars" do for a living ?

I hope so, this is one of the biggest, deepest most far reaching areas of study - A study into our "being".

"I think therefore I am" - Does that do it for you? (Not Me)

 

Wasn't outlandishly large in comparison. They just had a lot of aluminum to work with.