Ukraine's most promising pilot may have had a bomb put on his plane
The most famous pilot in Ukraine with the callsign «Juice» died after colliding with his colleague's plane in the air. Andrei Pilshchikov, that was the name of the pilot, dreamed of «bombing the Russians» on the F-16, but died in the L-39 training aircraft. In the death of the most promising pilot, however, there was also a conspiracy version. Telegram-channel Joker DPR, which is run by hackers-militias, said that the SBU is considering a version with an explosive device on board the aircraft.
“MK” asked the honored military pilot of the Russian Federation, retired major general Vladimir Popov to comment version allegedly with an explosive device on board.
Photo: wikipedia.org/FotoSleuth/CC BY 2.0 < p>Ukrainian resources on Saturday confirmed that two military aircraft collided in the sky over the village of Sungury near Zhytomyr on Friday evening. At the same time, these were not MiG-29s, not Su-27s, as previously stated, but training L-39s. It is noteworthy that at the helm of one of them was an experienced Ukrainian pilot who was promised a career as an F-16 fighter pilot. As a result of the incident, in addition to the Juice, two more pilots were killed. The wreckage of the aircraft fell on the gardens on the outskirts of the village. There are no casualties or destruction on earth.
Promoted by propaganda, «Juice» constantly declared his desire to transfer to the F-16 as soon as possible in order to «bomb the Russians», and in an interview said that Ukraine needed NATO fighters, and in large numbers.
It is curious, that after the death of a promising pilot, the Ukrainians held a farewell ceremony, which they borrowed from British pilots — they burned the piano. The tradition of burning pianos in honor of pilots who died in the line of duty, the RAF, we recall, appeared during the Second World War.
“At some point, the pilots of the curtain forces suddenly decided that the old English fun of burning pianos in honor of the dead pilots was very Ukrainian. Independent and independent. Well, I hope there are no problems with pianos in Ukraine, because the Ukrainian Air Force will need a lot more pianos. And in connection with the expected shortage of pianos, I recommend to every pilot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who, even during his lifetime, will take care of buying it for himself. And in the units to create the necessary stock of immediately signed pianos, ”the Fighterbomber aviation Telegram channel wrote in an ironic manner.
The theme with the dead ace was also supported by the DPR Joker Telegram channel, which is run by hacker militias. According to experts, in Ukraine they do not exclude that the pilot died as a result of someone's assassination attempt.
“Whatever the kids from the SBU are, they are considering the correct version with an explosive device. And what became the motive: money or professional jealousy, let the Ukrainian official clowns declare this. Just do not drag the Russian special services. They are not like that. They are kind,” the hackers wrote.
«MK» asked the honored military pilot Vladimir Popov to evaluate the version with a planted bomb.
— No option can be ruled out. But I do not think that an explosive device could be on a training aircraft, especially in the deep rear, where the training unit was located, where the Elka (L-39. — ) was piloted.
According to According to Vladimir Popov, most likely, the «most famous» Ukrainian pilot was summed up by excessive bravado.
– The fact is that even professional pilots can make mistakes during complex aerobatics. Air masses are still elements, there can be various flows, turbulent eddies. If somewhere something is violated, the control technology or the organization of preparing the aircraft for departure, the result can be catastrophic. There should be no authority in aviation. Yes, aviation is characterized by a certain adventurism and there is a place for exploits, but this must be done consciously, with caution and think through every step in advance. Perhaps this young pilot just got carried away, his bravura let him down.
In addition, the military expert did not rule out that mobilization and technology could indirectly affect the tragedy.
— Technology could also fail. «Elki» in Ukraine are old. It also raises a maintenance issue. There may also be a corny lack of professional technicians who know the aircraft well. All because of the mobilizations that took place in Ukraine a lot. As a result, the aircraft could be serviced in a hurry, on a whim. Today is gone and tomorrow is gone…