At the time of the accident, it was on a training mission. ... At the time of the crash, visibility was poor with freezing temperatures and low clouds
Hey, I'd call that training a success. They walked away from it.
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It was about 3 in the morning in the middle of Wyoming when I needed to go to the bathroom. So, I stopped on the side of the road. While I was doing my business, a B-1 came out of nowhere about 500 feet off the ground doing sub mach, thankfully, right over me. Scared the hell out of me.
Went from number 1 to number 2 in an instant.
First, the beginning of your post sounds like the opening line to Jimmy Buffett's "The Devil I Know": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9WBXNW8Kj4
Second, my favorite experience with the B-1 was at the Edwards AFB air show. They were at max power, full afterburner, but near stall - the nose was pointed way up and they were just crawling across the sky. The ground shook; the cars were parked on the flightline (pre-9/11), and every car alarm went off at the same time. It was awesome.
It doesn't even take that much to set off car alarms. I I've seen it happen from an F/A-18 cruising at a low altitude. Those fuckers are loud!
Man. I was going for Hunter Thompson.
Man, I love that song so much
I thought a plane that costs ~$(insert the correct shit-ton amount here) would have a world class ILS in use
It could have been icing issues ... maybe deicing protocols weren't followed correctly.