*PART 1 AND PART 2 INCLUDE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT.* WATCH PART 1 HERE --> kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZoCAz6hypL3Vdag.html WATCH PART 2 HERE --> kzread.info/dash/bejne/pY53msaeYZPToZM.html

@9skyman945

6 жыл бұрын

Are ROCK41 and ROCK42 the fighter aircraft that followed Rich around?

@UBEChief117

6 жыл бұрын

9sky man9 Yes, they are.

@buddyclem7328

6 жыл бұрын

VASAviation - Does anyone know exactly what TOI1 signifies? Obviously, it is the aircraft that Rich took for a joyride, but who knows what the acronym means?

@nofabe

6 жыл бұрын

Buddy Clem target of interest? Idk, just a guess

@cvbabc

6 жыл бұрын

I can't believe someone actually wrote that...

5:08 "ROCK42, confirm he did a barrel roll?" I'm actually imagining AirForceProud95 saying this.

@SupaEMT134

6 жыл бұрын

literally lol

@jessebourgelas8811

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@kingg213

6 жыл бұрын

Really, you think a know nothing piece of shit could pull this off?? YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON!

@thadollagenerale

6 жыл бұрын

Needs more tin foil.

@T.B.Y.S.

6 жыл бұрын

kingg213 really? Copy paste comment?

To those who are confused. BIGFOOT = Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) ROCK 41 & 42 = The two F-15 pilots. TOI = Target of Interest.

@jwrightonline

5 жыл бұрын

That's uhhh, that's not very trolly at all, good sir. That is rather informative and quite the very opposite of trolling. VariksTheInformativeman.

@clubsamwitchguy9993

5 жыл бұрын

I new bigfoot was real

@darthinvaderzimm

4 жыл бұрын

I was so confused at first and thsn I realized the green text wasn't Rich anymore

@WantsNoms

4 жыл бұрын

Lord Variks THANK YOU!

@kinlongcanonho1352

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

*Let's just appreciate a man with no flight experience did a barrel roll and impressed 2 military fighter pilots.*

@ashishsaman

4 жыл бұрын

He actually planned on dying during his barrell roll. Check the audio in the 2nd clip. He says that he didn't know what to do after the manuevre, because he thought that'd be it.

@Supraboyes

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashishsaman he planned on doing the barrel roll, then go nose down after, and "call it a night". Least he didn't crack and go on a killing spree

@Evolution14387

3 жыл бұрын

@one world uhh ok?

@decentish8546

3 жыл бұрын

@one world meh... I appreciate him for not crashing the plane right back into the terminal. I’m not in the business of putting hate on suicidal and deceased people.

@phototristan

3 жыл бұрын

@@decentish8546 I am, screw this guy

"In a world where people take out their frustrations by shooting up schools & concerts...one man just wanted to do a barrel roll" - The Internet

@loganrogers9157

6 жыл бұрын

Supes Me ifunny

@shTree

6 жыл бұрын

American Paisa How is that even remotely the same thing? The only similarity is that both pull some Gs. An "advantage" you list, returning home in one piece, is not applicable, since the clear intent was to NOT return home in one piece, and as for the legality of it, sure there is something to be said for not endangering lives with reckless flying, but if you are suggesting he should give a fuck about protecting the assets of a multi billion dollar company, I'm going to have to take issue with that.

@shTree

6 жыл бұрын

American Paisa Probably, but then, I don't own a 10 billion dollar company. Why do you care so much about the livelihood of Alaska Air Group anyway? I assume it's not personal, rather it's some misplaced desire for parity or justice, but maybe you need to be reminded of the fact that the very same company employs thousands of wage slaves. If one of those wage slaves, in turn, steals a 30 million dollar company asset, and crashes it into a wooded island, who am I to say that isn't justice.

@nofabe

6 жыл бұрын

American Paisa did you even watch part 1 & 2 where they talk to the dude? He had severe depressions, he actually sounded like a super sweet guy and he didn't want to harm anyone, he just wanted to end it all... I'm pretty sure the plane is insured anyway, and the guy died doing what he loved. Just let him rest in peace, he could've done way worse things, there is no need to put him as sth super evil

@blameusa7082

6 жыл бұрын

it was suicide.... he thought he was going to cash the roll

“Confirm he did a barrell roll” 😂 guy couldn’t believe it

@yigit4706

5 жыл бұрын

He is doing what a f16 does with a passenger plane🤣😂

@ElderWillows

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, the guy is scrambled to intercept a Dash-8, he may have expected hijacking.. threats etc, instead he got a sad guy in a stolen air bus doing maneuvers that air bus shouldn't be doing under an experienced pilot, I wouldn't believe it either. Not to mention he was "10 feet" off the water at the bottom of his roll, in the footage you see that it would have been tense.

@ridernotrunner

2 жыл бұрын

@@ElderWillows Dash Q400, not an Airbus, but yeah.

You know the ATC guy that was talking to Rich did a good job when 2 fighter pilots didn't want to interrupt him.

@imjashingyou3461

4 жыл бұрын

@jason9022 They didnt though and elected not to. It entirely up to the pilots discretion in this instance. They let him burn though his fuel and were trying to get him to land on any runway.

You do not want to be called "TOI" by an F-15.

@buddyclem7328

6 жыл бұрын

F Huber Even worse if TOI stood for Target of Incineration! Most say it stands for Target of Interest, or something similar.

@jagkanloggain

6 жыл бұрын

Buddy Clem Target of intercept

@whykatera81

5 жыл бұрын

They shot him down

@ianmellor2985

5 жыл бұрын

@@whykatera81 most likely .

@thatlonewolfguy2878

5 жыл бұрын

@@whykatera81 Nope you would have heard the "Fox 1" callout I'm fairly sure it is if they shoot them down

“Cleared the surface of the water by approximately 10 feet.”

@roguecactus7

6 жыл бұрын

Leo 1911 really. Glad he didn’t hurt anyone... but his name was Rich.

@jakesnussbuster3565

6 жыл бұрын

kingg213 yep watch the video lol

@kingg213

6 жыл бұрын

One more time, Schlomo; if you think a know nothing piece of shit pulled this off, you are a fucking moron!!

@ciprian7243

6 жыл бұрын

Buddy, take off that tin foil hat and go outside. Go see a movie. Go talk to someone. You seem in a rather poor state.

@zachogdahl210

6 жыл бұрын

You conspiracy guys are morons if you think that was skilled flying. He fell out of the barrel roll because he was flying uncoordinated and caused the plane to slip into a dive. He tried to do a roll with just the ailerons and didnt do any corrective action with the elevator when inverted causing the plane to naturally want to slide into a dive. The fact he recovered so low is extreme luck and not a measure of skill. A plane is incredibly easy to fly once airborne. There are youtube videos explaining the entire start up procedure of a dash 8. So yes a no nothing could easily fly the plan around

It seems at moments both pilots were doing their best to remain composed and professional. I would love to hear what they said to each other over intra-flight comms but it's encrypted so we'll never know. I know they must always observe military comm's procedures so I took the liberty of translating a few into what they really wanted to say. "Bigfoot, ROCK41, TOI1 just completed a barrel roll...current altitude 2000 feet" Translation: "Bro! You're never going to fucking believe what this guy just did! Somehow, he pulled off a barrel roll in a commercial turboprop aircraft!" "ROCK42, confirm he did a barrel roll?" Translation: "BULLSHIT!!!" "Affirm, he cleared the surface of the water by approximately 10 feet." Translation: "I'm dead fucking serious. He almost killed himself but the dumb ass pulled it off. Unbelievable!"

@ultrafaroecunt6014

6 жыл бұрын

This was a nice break from all of the hateful comments.

@alexflores9582

5 жыл бұрын

This is accurate 😂

@ianmellor2985

5 жыл бұрын

but ultimately the true events and more rational story than the one the officials gave us... are after the pilot not obeying their instructions they gunned him down when he was away from the mainland. this is post 9/11 and they do not mess around.

@agirlisnoone5953

5 жыл бұрын

@@ianmellor2985 ahhahhahahahaha! You don't actually believe that.

@mehrbodjanatian6768

5 жыл бұрын

well said! XD

Some person: "I don't think it is possible to do a barrel roll with a Q400" Richard Russell: "Hold my beer"

@Fcreceptor

6 жыл бұрын

And he was drinking, imagine that 😒

@pegeonpera

6 жыл бұрын

Terry Melvin, while it is easy to imagine some jet doing a barrel roll, I find it hard to imagine (for some reason) a large turboprop doing so

@russdill

6 жыл бұрын

Certainly possible (especially when lightly loaded), just not advisable.

@rock3793

6 жыл бұрын

Fcreceptor nope

@bruno1191

6 жыл бұрын

Terry Melvin. Do you think someone with no flight experience can pull off a maneuver like this? Seems pretty unlikely to me. Especially coming that close to the water. Knowing what altitude to start the roll at. Any thoughts?

You can hear in the pilots voice...he was impressed at Richs maneuver.

@bryan81584

6 жыл бұрын

Tomyfamily 18 It shall now be known as the "Rich Manuever"

@mnccbandguy1

6 жыл бұрын

cattey not the maneuver itself the fact it was done in a Q400 by an inexperienced pilot.

@tomyfamily1

6 жыл бұрын

bryan81584 I second that motion. "The Rich Maneuver"

@tomyfamily1

6 жыл бұрын

cattey Have you ever seen an F-15 do a roll...sure. Now how about a passenger Turboprop? A Q-400 Dash-8 at that. Probably not.

@wkdravenna

6 жыл бұрын

Tomyfamily 18 don't name things after domestic terrorists

I love that the fighter pilot almost couldn't contain himself when he said he cleared the water by about 10 feet, must have been thinking he was dreaming or something!

Great job putting together all 3 parts. You do great work.

@SupaEMT134

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@snarkmark

3 жыл бұрын

Two years later and this statement is still valid 👍

@ryanplayz6106

3 жыл бұрын

And it will be true 4 years frome now too

For someone without any formal flight training (or if he had any, certainly not enough), for Rich to perform a barrel roll is impressive. Even the F-15 pilots seemed to be impressed by the feat. Too bad he didn't make it, he was someone who was just down on his luck. RIP Rich.

As a man who's stepped right up to the suicide line before, this whole ordeal breaks my heart. It seems pretty clear to me that Rich was a good man, who never wanted to hurt anyone, who'd been drug down to the end of his rope, and finally broke. He just wanted to see some pretty sights and do something he'd probably always dreamed of doing before he "went out with a bang". I will never, ever condone suicide, and believe it to be a very selfish thing to do, as all youre doing is bringing pain to those who love you, and giving up before your life has had a chance to get better... Who knows, something amazing could've been in his near future had he not chosen to take his own life. I do, however, understand how it feels to get to the point that your broken mind actually considers such a thing. He did some amazing stuff with that airplane. I only wish, for his sake and his family and friends' sakes, that he'd brought her back afterwards and gotten the help he deserved. Thanks, VASAviation, for a fantastic job, as always.

@angeloc1340

6 жыл бұрын

When I heard him talking in the first vid I was hoping he landed it but no :(

@drumjedi5301

6 жыл бұрын

Rex Commander Yeah. Definitely would've put the cap on an awesome bottle of flying by a non-pilot, and made for a much happier ending. Sure, he'd have been in some pretty big trouble, but, ultimately, it could have led to his life being completely turned around.

@sagebiddi

6 жыл бұрын

Think it's selfish? I think it's selfish that you'd want someone who is going thru for hell to stick around just for your feelings to be spared. Some of us don't have this love you speak of. Some of us hurt all damn day. Some of is just want to rest. I'm so fkn jealous of him. And I'm also in admiration that he had the balls to do it. I can't get passed the trigger. I hate being a pussy about it. Everytime I try I always start to think . I'm terrified of people finding me like that and don't want to scare someone else's psyche. I don't want my roommate finding me like that. And people just judging and passing their opinions without truly knowing your story or what u went thru ...but then again ...TF do I care for. Ugh. I need to get a intoxicated as possible and channel my inner "BEEBO" (that's what his nickname was) and do the deed

@drumjedi5301

6 жыл бұрын

The Mighty Sagetto Bro, I understand what you're saying. I've been there, man. So I get it. I've also had loved ones who chose that route, and I've seen the damage it does to thier loved ones, to my own self. You just said yourself that you didn't want your roommate to find you that way, didn't want them to have to have that on them. And not pulling the trigger doesn't make you a wimp. Quite the opposite. It makes you strong. It means you're willing to keep pushing through in order to keep from hurting others. I'm sorry that you're hurting. Truly. Been there. Still deal with it sometimes. But I also know this: it won't stay that way. Things change. You could wake up tomorrow and find your whole life turned around. I don't know what you're dealing with specifically, man, so I won't speak to that, out of respect for you. I do know that there's help, and hope, for you, and for me, and for everyone, even if we can't see it right now. I hope the best for you, man.

@James-xq3ic

6 жыл бұрын

Well said bud

Thanks VASAviation for finding the fighter comms. Interesting stuff!

@JediBuddhist

6 жыл бұрын

Yes thanks for the extra info.

lmao got a pilot flight school ad on this

@Stephane1995

6 жыл бұрын

BEAST_MODE same!

@yougo2254

6 жыл бұрын

I want to fly, see where the sky takes me.

5:09 I can hear the smiles on the fighter pilots faces.

@TheBeardedBoofhead

6 жыл бұрын

Sure can!

@DVAFP

6 жыл бұрын

I can hear the worry

@JT-il1uk

6 жыл бұрын

Worry? hes clearly chuckling and quite impressed..... The guy cleared the water by 10 feet doing a barrel roll after just being radioed that he had no experience... I can assure you they were giving him virtual hi 5's

@DVAFP

6 жыл бұрын

dank panties you seem like the kind of guy that would shout jump at a guy on a window ledge. Doesn’t seem like he’s laughing at 6:25

@babyjeebus5331

6 жыл бұрын

dank panties exactly! Props to this man how he did this. It's sad, but you know what? Atleast he went out happy and with peace of mind.

The professionalism of ATC never ceases to amaze me. They deserve every penny they make if not more

@lexx5313

5 жыл бұрын

No kidding! Very professional indeed, even to Mr. Rich during the other conversations! Top shelf professionals! Glad for all this insight!

@thegardenofeatin5965

4 жыл бұрын

A lot more.

The pilots loved the barrel roll. God Bless everyone.

@Ndizzyinthehizzy

6 жыл бұрын

It must have been hard maintaining the professionalism after seeing a commercial airliner do the most impressive stunt since the Boing 707 did a Corkscrew.

@CFITOMAHAWK2

6 жыл бұрын

707 test pilot did a Barrel Roll in 1956. It is an easier to do roll with less stress to airframe. Im a CFI aerobatics.

@Alucard-gt1zf

4 жыл бұрын

Z Z must have been the same reaction when the British v-bombers did barrel rolls in test flights

This is the most crazy barrel roll ever. No pro pilot would ever try to be so close from the ground

@kingg213

6 жыл бұрын

You are correct! If anyone thinks this know nothing piece of shit pulled this off, they are morons!!

@ThugNASA

6 жыл бұрын

kingg213. Care to elaborate? He did in fact "pull it off" although it wasn't his intention. In the other video (part 2, I believe), he tells ATC he thought he would crash doing it and "thought that would be it" however, he luckily (not skillfully) managed not to crash during that particular maneuver.

@ciprian7243

6 жыл бұрын

Kingg213 speaking from under his brand new tin foil hat. Moron.

@kingg213

6 жыл бұрын

Ciprian; MORON

@kingg213

6 жыл бұрын

Just some guy; MORON!!

"Affirm, he cleared the surface of the water by approximately 10 feet" Sky King, you did it magnificent bastard!

@Bill_Woo

4 жыл бұрын

And lost control 20 seconds later and crashed onto a populated island. And destroyed someone else's million dollar aircraft. And clean up workers had to scrape his guts off of trees. Yeah, magnificent.

@robertmoore3982

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_Woo the whose mom didn't hug him enough is back. How you been kill any puppies today?

@Bill_Woo

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertmoore3982 Have you stolen any million dollar items from your workplace because you don't think they were "loving" enough for your messed up life? And endangered thousands of people? I suspect possibly you have. You're very special.

@robertmoore3982

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_Woo that's why my company has insurance for events like these. The man did what he did and no one got hurt. Let the dead man have his peace you twisted fuck

@Bill_Woo

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertmoore3982 So, you think it is okay to destroy things, because, the insurance company pays for those things. Stolen things, to boot. You're a scary citizen. And that kind of attitude will backfire in ways that you can't imagine. Think criminal court. Think civil court. And think about Sky King, who some public service worker had to scrape his guts out of the trees. Do you glorify that, and think that you'd be just fine with it? And that your heirs would be fine with your big life insurance policy? (Oh, by the way, they don't pay for death in commission of a felony -- or fraud, for that matter. Just in case you were getting a boner about it.) What kind of parents did you have to have such a psychotic societal attitude?

Nobody can take the sky away from Richie now

@uncleswell

3 жыл бұрын

Because there's no such thing as a sky for Richie, now. Why are people trying to romanticize this tragedy?

@savedemperor8024

3 жыл бұрын

@@uncleswell because why not?

@davidkennedy3050

3 жыл бұрын

@@savedemperor8024 Because this event could have easily wound up with a collision with another plane full of people murdering everyone on board. Guess how many people are on board your average passenger plane.

@MrPhooey442

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently gravity can

@behindthen0thing525

3 жыл бұрын

He died in the water. Not the sky

Thank you so much for putting together these videos which really add a lot of insight to this event. Kudos on all your hard work, keep it up, we all really appreciate it :)

@VASAviation

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your words.

@MrBHQ44

6 жыл бұрын

Yea. Thanks for making it easier to understand why and how. Awesome. Hand me that valume.

I get really down at times, and I know it's not right to leave my kids. Sometimes their faces isn't enough to keep the thoughts at bay. I've been watching a lot of videos about this and I can't help but think 'that way' while I'm watching, but hearing the ATC that were really trying to get him to land, I've got to live.

For those wondering, we don't always hear the Rock flight because military aircraft transmit on a different frequency.

Each one of us has her/his own struggles, always be kind and nice to other people.

Thanks! This 3-part series is a great compilation, like no other, especially since there were so many frequencies / ATC entities involved in this incident! Great Job!!

"He cleared the surface of the water by approximately 10 feet." Holy shit....... :( Although, Rich was not looking to come back from this flight I guess..... I have listened to the audio of Rich with ATC several times now. Very sad. :( I wish we could catch and help people like this - before they do things like this.

When this happened my boss burst into HR one morning and reenacted this chase by spreading his arms and portraying the planes by running around the room while telling the story via a raised voice as he did so. It made my day.

Feeling bad for the family of Rich and for the two Airforce Pilots in the F15's, it can't be good for your psychical health, if you see a guy suiciding right in front of you, I hope they're mostly ok and, if they needed help, got it.

@MadScientist267

3 жыл бұрын

Psychical? Suiciding? 🤣

What should all in all be a totally serious incident, it's hard to take it all seriously when barrel rolls are involved and even fighter pilots are impressed.

@abandonedaccount123

2 жыл бұрын

and the guy who stole the plane was having the best moment of his life :)

damn airforce radio are crystal!

@royalbirb275

5 жыл бұрын

ericwu0318 technically they’re Air National Guard jets... :)

@Noruzenchi86

4 жыл бұрын

when you're out in the air against enemy fighters you definitely want as much bandwidth as you can get

Great catch, very interesting listening to the Military side of this incident.

Get home after a long day. Take my son out for some evening fishing on a small boat. No idea anyone stole a plane. These two guy fly by so fast you didn’t even hear them approach...sonic boom 💥 followed by another sonic boom .blew my fucking hat off my head . Like something out of a movie. I thought MT Rainier exploded. Needless to say my son thought it was the coolest thing ever. Feel a little bad for the guy who stole the plane. I feel like we’ve all been there at some time in our lives.

This is really an incredibly sad event. And it proves two things. One is that some people will do anything to ease the pain and the other is mental illness can truly be a silent disease.

Poor Rich. He did not want to hurt anyone. He just wanted to see the pretty sights and then go out. And he got his wish. Mental issues suck. i am just glad, he was such a gentle being, he did not feel the urge to hurt or take anyone with him.

@SWein66

Жыл бұрын

As you probably know, people living with mental health issues are far more often victims of violence than perpetrators, except toward themselves. So sad.

One of the saddest things about this... He had no experience and was piloting a plane that wasn't really meant to do barrel rolls; he still pulled it off. In another lifetime, I bet he would have been a great pilot, doing airshows and having the time of his life. And I bet the F-15 and that other pilot realized that too when he pulled the trick off. Instead, life dealt him a crappy hand and it resulted in this.

@Bill_Woo

4 жыл бұрын

Planes also aren't designed to slice through skyscrapers. Do you also celebrate that action? 1. Life didn't deal him a crappy hand. He died a criminal, destroying millions of dollars of property. 2. He broke a seriously inflexible law that says you don't operate any vehicle without training and licensing. Military jets pointed missiles at him for that solemn infraction. 3. By sheer luck he missed occupied homes on the island he crashed onto. *He didn't "pull it off"* - he lost control right after the roll, and crashed onto a populated island. This is why you have to have licenses to operate cars, and solemnly seriously, aircraft.

@Bill_Woo

4 жыл бұрын

I pray that you don't teach your children that when life deals them a crappy hand that they should steal multi million dollar property; destroy it; make a bloody mess that some public service worker has to collect the guts off of trees and bag them; cause millions of dollars of damage just alone to the closing of airspace and diversions, and millions of dollars in investigations and clean up. If you teach your children that when life deals them a crappy hand that they should take actions that EASILY could have killed mothers and families because he was untrained in his lawbreaking adventure - you will be seeding the earth with mass murderers. So do you still want to celebrate this? Is that the lesson you impart to your children?

@ferris3680

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_Woo he didnt "lose control" the plane was stolen with the specific intent of the pilot killing himself. Theres recordings from flight control of him saying he doesn't want to hurt anyone, the pilot literally says hes gonna try a barrel roll and if It goes well hes gonna go nose down and call it a night. The island was so sparsely populated the likelihood of him hitting someone was next to 0. You take me is the kind of person who says "depression isn't real, just get a hobby". The man was suicidal and wanted a but of fun and to fly before he took his life. Admittedly stealing a plane is wrong and illegal, but fucking hell you're Comparing a mans suicide attempt to 9/11 and its both sad and disingenuous. And why make your comment so personal? You seem like quite a prick tbh.

@ferris3680

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_Woo listen genius, this was a suicide attempt. There are plenty of uploads on this site of said barrel roll and he recovers it fine. I never said what he did was ok, did I you "angry little man". All I said was you're being a prick. Treat others with respect or we might be reading about you getting stabbed because you gobbed off on some guy on the streets. There is nothing psychopathic about showing some sympathy with someone who was clearly mentally Ill and not getting the help they needed. I'm in no need of psychiatric help, if anything you are with your sperg'n out and anger issues on the internet because you're seriously taking the moral high ground over someone who took their own life.

@huleyn135

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_Woo theres a 110 percent chance you are a Trump supporting fuckwad

Great job to the support staff and pilots . Sad story . May God bless

The ATC guy handled the whole thing perfectly. Clearly deals with stress pretty well. Just another day at the office for him👌👌👌

RIP RICH🙏🏽 My Coworker. Said Wassup To Him When I Clocked In That Day & The Rest Is History🐐 #FuckinLegend

@dannycameron3182

4 жыл бұрын

would love to even seen this dude, he seemed down to earth and easy going... even during the whole order cracking jokes and loving it

@eyeofthebeholder7936

3 жыл бұрын

I am sorry for your loss.

Sky king, now doing barrelrolls in heaven

@Bill_Woo

6 жыл бұрын

You mean Hell, right? Did they change the name of it?

@pollyraviolly496

6 жыл бұрын

Bill Woo yeah, that's called rebranding

@redlinemusic1608

6 жыл бұрын

oh right, sorry, he's doing barrelrolls in valhalla

@m1co294

5 жыл бұрын

Bill Woo hes just broken man with screws loose, and didnt mean to take his own life

@alexis9212

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Woo it’s more like a figure of speech. That’s all mythology you do know this right?

Thank you for this. Hearing the chasing craft is both heart warming and sad

Wow, completed a roll in a Dash-8 from 5000’ (maybe less?) first try, with not a single hour in the hotseat. God himself was caressing that plane’s wings - not just wind.

@wibblywobble7068

6 жыл бұрын

Yet he was magically absent when he ran out of fuel and crashed into the island? God had nothing to do with it. It's called physics and a bit of luck.

@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202

4 жыл бұрын

@@wibblywobble7068 no man, that wasnt god at work, that was captain richard "skyking" russell, king of the barrel roll.

It's so sad, you can hear in the ATC voice the hope it was water.... RIP Rich!

The guy sure pushed the a to the hell and more with this barrell roll. The Q400 now is ths passanger plane with stunt capabilities.

Great job getting the audio out and video done so quickly. Big ups.

Truly spectacular. Thanks again VASAviation for presenting this.

RIP Capt. Richard Beebo Russell. Better to live 1day as a pilot than a lifetime as a ground service agent. I'll never forget you Sky King

The one pilot sounded like he was amazed how close he came to the water lol

Really interesting as usual for this channel. Thanks for posting

Thank you, this is interesting and elaborates on what happened quite well.

2:53 should read "ROCK41 Tally TOI1", where "tally" is brevity for "visual on the target" and "toi" stands for "target of interest". The 1 just means it's the number 1 target. In this case there's only one target anyway, but you get the point.

Such a sad tragedy. Clearly he had some depression. I dont think he ever planned to land. I feel for his loved ones that had to pick up and try to move forward. I hope he was dizzy and passed out before impact, just no suffering. He could have taken out thousands of people but seemed to avoid most populated areas. Hope he found peace

@SWein66

Жыл бұрын

So sad that he got to that point mental-health wise and felt like he had no reason to live. I’d like to think that anyone listening to him would understand that there were mental health issues here.

ahhh geez this is new news to me .. how very sad 😥 RIP Richard (Rich) Russell Absolute kudos to all the professionals .. man! talk about calm cool and collected 👏👏

you think skyking ever knew the 2 f-15s where with him or he ever saw the 2 jets? doesn't sound like it in the other recordings!

@cdbtheclaw

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think they would mention that. Rich was clearly dealing with mental issues and was suicidal so telling him that he is being intercepted by two F15s could have made him panic and worsen the situation. They never gave up to persuade him into landing the plane till the very end.

At least at the end of his life he had two things, a few people to talk with and a lot of freedom

legends say, when pilots do a barrel roll now, richard is there to keep em safe of the ground

You know they must have taken footage of #Skyking crashing from those F-15's . They stayed right with him. I wonder if it'll be released after the investigation?

@stinkyfungus

6 жыл бұрын

Supes Me Not sure the F15C has a stabilized optical video system as part of its basic design. I dont see a pod or faring for such looking at the aircraft. The F14 did have a system like that, have a look under the nose, aft of the Radome on the F14, that bulged faring with the clear dome on the front of it was a long range video system.

@ElonMuckX

6 жыл бұрын

Gun Camera??

@dreaded_pegasus6578

6 жыл бұрын

E M no

@JETBLAST88

6 жыл бұрын

E M They can mount targeting pods, but those are designed and used primarily for air to ground. They have a camera that records the view through the HUD, but that wouldn't be very useful in this case.

@SupesMe

6 жыл бұрын

stinkyfungus ah thanks 🙏 I was thinking like the F18 that tracked the ufo 🛸 a F15 can’t do that?

Even the ROCKs appreciated his tight roll. F, Rich.

RIP SkyKing. Gone but not forgotten

"About 30 to 40 minutes play time." Pilots are cool as shit

@AA-xk1uv

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, burning our taxes....

@mattedious9378

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck

@OxBlitzkriegxO

4 жыл бұрын

I'm ok with him stating fuel remaining that way. Far more accurate than pounds in that context. If there was a la ding instead then pounds of fuel would be relevant to ground safety but in the air, minutes of fuel makes more sense.

@MadScientist267

3 жыл бұрын

When you got toys like that, you gotta be 🤣

We love you Rich. You taught the world something. Don't expect evil to hand it over freely.

That moment when Bob Hoover possesses you

@ElonMuckX

6 жыл бұрын

♡♡♡

Bombardier test pilot capt RICHARD"2 kilo kahonas" Russell

@mateuszzimon8216

6 жыл бұрын

Richard "beeboo 2 killo kahonas" Russell

@CFITOMAHAWK2

6 жыл бұрын

2 killo Kajuns clear for Barrel Roll.

The fighter pilots seem genuinely shocked and in awe that a non qualified person could do those manoeuvres, I imagine they had serious respect for richard

That's easily the most intense +VASAviation I've seen so far.

Have you a video of all the diverted flights?

This dude needs to be in guiness world records or something. Has anybody ever even done a barrel roll in a Q400 besides this guy?

@av8rbri473

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Mumma Well, most planes are able to do this maneuver. It's very gentle to the structure ....... it's a low G maneuver if done properly

5:08 Haha sounds like he impressed a pair of Eagle drivers before he went down! I think you have ROCK41 mislabeled as BIGFOOT towards the end

@dukenukem7183

6 жыл бұрын

MrGigaHurtz I think Bigfoot is a f22 seen in one of the videos

@shanetaylor7581

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Duke any chance you have a link to the video of that ?

@DaveWhoa

6 жыл бұрын

yeah I was wondering who/what is Bigfoot? Rock41/42 are obviously the F15C's

@Reboyo1

6 жыл бұрын

Bigfoot is the nickname of the Western Air Defense sector of NORAD that coordinates the fighters.

Legend has it the F15 Pilots still consider SkyKing's Barrell Roll the most BADASS maneuver they've ever seen!

For a minute we all were Rich's first officer, sail easy bro.

RIP Sky Captain. You'll be remembered.. Blue skies brother!

@teksal13

6 жыл бұрын

You were a fuckhead.

Will you do a big mix of all three ?

So I work @ a regional airline in Alaska. A mechanic I know, knows of him from Wasilla, the chance of him have any kind of plane experience is highly likely in the valley, let alone anchorage area. Seems like a ton of young kids at least will have their privates license, I believe 5O hours is only needed to require it.

@vformarallo

6 жыл бұрын

Asian rapper i believe we would already know if he had a licence, is probably the first thing they would check. He didn't had much experience if any. And flying a bombardier is nothing like a little cessna anyways, on a basic level maybe but we are talking multi engine turbo prop vs piston fixed prop. Cheers man!

@markmaki4460

6 жыл бұрын

O.o - Privates license?

This dude was low, said fuck it I'm gonna send it and went down with a smile. I feel bad for the guy.

Being a non-pilot with less experience in simulators (games) than the renegade pilot in these videos, I think any plane can do a barrel roll because during test flights, they did a barrel roll in the (then) new Boeing 707. Of course, you would have to be an experienced/expert pilot to pull it off because of keeping the whole thing stable and not lose too much altitude. Isn't a proper barrel roll one where you maintain more or less the same altitude? So yeah, the pilot clearly tried to make it his final act because he had zero experience flying in the real world but somehow he made it. Last thing he mentioned was one of the engines acting up so he probably ran out of fuel and that caused his crash.

@abandonedaccount123

2 жыл бұрын

he didn't ever plan on returning to the ground alive, he flew it until the very end when he ran out of fuel :(

what a shame this even occurred. Yeah he did some pretty incredible manuevers, but it wasn't worth taking his own life

@SWein66

Жыл бұрын

Seems likely that the purpose was to take his own life. Sad.

Ur doing barrel rolls in heaven now sky king. Goodnight sweet prince

"Bigfoot, ROCK2 from ROCK1, the TOI1 did a barrell roll and just barely missed hitting the water" A real human bean

5:04 Something that airforceproud would say

Anyway you put together a part 4 with all the holds, diversions and any ground holds because if this?

Better than other series =)

ROCK 41 and ROCK 42 are fighter Jets from the 142nd Fighter Wing Oregon Air National Guard based in Portland. BIGFOOT is the Call-Sign for NORAD - Western Air Defense System based in JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord)

Well, i'd say to never choose a permanent solution to probably a temporary problem. Still, i hope this won't inspire anyone else to do something similar.

@milesfarmer2225

6 жыл бұрын

Too late lol. (I'm not crazy fyi)

@vedymin1

6 жыл бұрын

Have a seat...right over there... :)

Did anyone else tear up and feel bad for him when they released the ATC communications between Beebo and the tower? I feel really bad for him.

@teksal13

6 жыл бұрын

NO.

@notjeb9889

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I bawled like a baby with my head in my hands I miss him and didn't even get to meet him RIP CAPT SKYKING BEEBO Call It A Night bud

@bubba99009

6 жыл бұрын

I'm just glad he was a good guy who didn't want to kill as many people as he could. He could have really racked up a massive death toll with that dash 8 if he wanted to go out that way.

@prismstudios001

6 жыл бұрын

NOPE.

@notjeb9889

6 жыл бұрын

prismstudios001 You will never ever barrel roll anything into Valhalla. Accept that , coward

Great video.☺️

If it was a slightly more perfect world, @ 04:59, Beebo began encountering "the best moment of his life"; justice would have been served had he heard the conversation between the pilots of the F-15's, as they were damn impressed.

For all those keyboard pilots who think doing something like this is easy the reality is it's not doing an intercept is one of the hardest things you have to do not just because of the skill needed but because of the emotional toll it also takes later if you have to pull the trigger I think as Pilots they were impressed with the barrel roll but at the same time they were also saddened by the situation they could hear the stress in Rich's voice and remember we were on the ground and in the air this story takes on a whole new dynamic just remember that

@lohphat

6 жыл бұрын

This. Their duty was to protect the public and if it appeared he was going to risk life on the ground, their orders are to take him down with minimal risk to innocents.

@jonathansingleton8051

6 жыл бұрын

Arnold Sherrill n,

@infotechsailor

6 жыл бұрын

But an intercept isn't hard when ATC is giving you vectors. Shooting a civilian plane down though ya I'm sure they were relieved that it didn't come to that.

@Sarge92

5 жыл бұрын

i think your missing the point of the intercept finding him was the easy part what they do once they find him is where it gets hard

@420xanatos

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the reason you become a fighter pilot is to shoot people up. It is kinda right there in the name.

The woman at 0:50 has the perfect ATC voice. Quick and clear and sounds good Even the fighter pilots were laughing when they described the barrel rule. If only he had landed. This guy's a legend.

if only the tsa had checked him for little nail clippers and bottles of hand lotion

Rich was so happy, joyous the last minutes of his life. May Rich Rest in Peace. So sorry.

5:00 best moment ever lol

I'm wondering why the news hasn't shown any of the crash site (maybe they have in the local area)

@martinc.720

6 жыл бұрын

Boodieman72 I’m wondering what anyone would get out of seeing smoke from a crash site.

@Boodieman72

6 жыл бұрын

They show all the other aircraft crash sites.

@Boodieman72

6 жыл бұрын

The conspiracy is that it was shot down rather than crashed, at least thats the only one I have heard of.

@Reboyo1

6 жыл бұрын

There was video from news helicopters the night of the crash and replayed the next morning on local news. Because of the time of evening, you pretty much just see trees on fire and darkness.

@fhuber7507

6 жыл бұрын

Video of the crash site taken by news heli was all over Fox News for 3 days.

Réactions to the barrel roll are kinda hilarious

what a way to go, man. seriously. absolute legend.. lol

Rich decided to just once live as few dare dream. See you, space cowboy F

@Bill_Woo

4 жыл бұрын

Is this how you teach your children? To steal, cause millions of dollars in losses, to lose control over the operation of someone else's property, and crash onto a populated island? God, I shiver at the thought that you have raised children. Oh, if you don't think my assessment is correct, note that there were military missiles trained on this fellow. How many things have you done or fantasized that were so heinously illegal that the military pointed missiles at you?

"he impacted the ground, has he impacted on water?" Genius ATC

@CT7ALW

6 жыл бұрын

Fundamental rule of aviation comms: If you have a question, no matter how "dumb" it might sound, ask. For all she knew, the pilot might refer to ground level just as "ground", thus asking for details.

@SupaEMT134

6 жыл бұрын

She had to ask - just think of the resources she and commanders have to coordinate if it were some ground/some water v. all water v. all ground, etc. Obviously this is going to be a unified command for response and recovery efforts. Sometimes it helps to back-up and think of the bigger picture here

@martinc.720

6 жыл бұрын

Nothing says the aircraft could not have impacted the water AND ground. Look up the geography in that area.

@mrbob55304

6 жыл бұрын

Makes a huge difference. Sully impacted water.

@martinc.720

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Alexander Also, Sully is professionally trained, had some control of his aircraft and did not want to die.

Fucking legend. Affirm he completed a barrel roll 10 feet from the surface

@Bill_Woo

4 жыл бұрын

Affirmed that he then immediately lost control and seconds later crashed onto a populated island. Destroying millions of dollars. Of, oh, stolen property, if that matters. And your words for that are "fucking legend?"

@plastilinplasti8327

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bill_Woo Nope, he didnt lose control, he was steering the plane on purpose 6 seconds directly into the ground, read the FAA report.

@Bill_Woo

3 жыл бұрын

@@plastilinplasti8327 1. There's no such thing as an FAA report. 2. Investigators were UNABLE to establish if he was conscious following the G-forces of the idiotic maneuver. They speculated that his non-establishment of survivable trajectory indicate purposeful controlled impact, but only in SPECULATION. 3. The idiotic maneuver likely fractured the airframe making it uncontrollable, but investigators could not ascertain that because of the violent disintegration of the evidence via terrain. Consequently they could not assert that the plane was controllable, except to speculate based on its reconstructed trajectory. 4. Thanks for the tip just the same, but he communicated no indication that he was aiming for that island or trees - that _populated_ island, by the way. Again, only speculation.