September 30th 1981 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

a u.s. navy fighter jet is conducting a bomb deployment test when something goes horribly wrong. it was quite an event. then we started doing more acrobatics. i was thinking about how i was going to get out of the airplane. september 30th, 1981, 5,000 feet over the naval air station in maryland. test flight photographer is filming an f-18 hornet from a chase plane. it was basically filled with concrete. the mission was to find out how the mark 82 would separate from the airplane in an emergency mode. dozens of other cameras are also recording the critical test of the navy s newest fighter jet.

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