jenko Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28065288 Just amazing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin H Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Like the aircraft itself! Thanks for posting Justin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Nice job, lucky the weather was good too. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 As John Fozard was fond of quoting "It is much safer to stop and then land, than land and then stop." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 You've got to wonder how often this happens if they have built a dedicated piece of kit for this very emergency... Nice landing! bestest, M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Cool! I feel a diorama coming on...... Trevor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Wow - that was incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Great skill, top plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 `this chap seems to have managed to get his down in pretty good nick with no wheels at all! bestest, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Technically more difficult to do it in a Vampire with no wheels on a carrier but then he was some pilot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Clever but simple, thanks for posting this Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I was part of a team that guided a Chinook that had lost one of its rear landing gear (just after we had repaired the last one that the aircrew had broken) onto a jack, quite scary having this big lump of metal inches from your face trying to land on what is roughly something the size of your fist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 thats mightily impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Wow! That is some aviator! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish fairey Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I've done a couple of in flight main undercarriage oleo changes on a Wessex 5, and that can be quite exciting..............................Smudge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Sigh, we could do that..... IF WE STILL HAD THE HARRIER!!! Don't get me started!! Rick. EDIT now I've calmed down a bit. Thanks for the post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 You've got to wonder how often this happens if they have built a dedicated piece of kit for this very emergency... Think about International Rescue... they had devices that were only ever used once for things which were totally unlikely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barneydhc82 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 In my 62 years of flying, I have only had one gear problem...with a Rockwell 112TCA. The nose gear would not lock down and the potential; buyer in the right seat would not shut up, what a combination. After having all f the solo students land, I made one pass at the runway with zero thrust; 1200 rpm and 12" mp and prop full course...to determine where the engine would be shut down on final. On final over the first approach lights, mixture to idle cut-off, prop full course. Mains touch smoothly and the prop positioned horizontally with the Start button. There was a very slight "Thump" under the nose followed by the "Squeak" of the nose wheel and a non-event.. Had the nose gear not locked in that nano-second the damage would have been very minimal The down lock springs were twice as long as the new set that we installed the next day...and they had a mere 300 hours total time on them. And the yappy buyer did buy the airplane. Barney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Considering the final drop that the Harrier makes during the final 20 or so feet of landing I would have thought that the danger of structural damage and more importantly danger to the pilot caused by the `stool' would have far outweighed the danger of landing on the nose,....but what do I know and thankfully all ended well. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 A much better outcome than the infamous mattress landing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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