Posted on 07/28/2016 8:22:39 AM PDT by orchestra
A United States 'spy plane' has made an emergency landing in eastern Russia, it has emerged today.
The surveillance Boeing OC-135B aircraft was flying a mission over Siberia as allowed under the Treaty on Open Skies when it reported a problem with its landing gear.
The unarmed plane made an emergency landing at Khabarovsk airport, but a military source in Russia has questioned whether the technical glitch was genuine.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Even after reading the article it doesn’t make sense.
Silly of you to feel this deeply about me. No need for your pity. So I am out of a few donation dollars to Cruz. No big deal.
At least you bothered to do that. Some folks are acting like we handed the Russkis the crown jewels. If this really is an OC-135, it has 3 framing cameras, a panoramic camera and a commercial INS. Yay.
This is weird.
This is starting to make sense.
We did, once. Back in the early '90s I flew in the back of the EC-130H Compass Call. Upon take-off, we immediately experienced a loss of power in one engine. At that point, we could have flown around and burned off enough fuel to allow us to land, and the aircrew was in the process of doing just that when a second engine lost power. Well, that was a big red-flag that something was really wrong, so they decided a return to base and emergency landing was necessary. We were in the process of going around again and dumping fuel when the third engine started to lose power. We had one feathered, one in the process of being feathered, and one in the process of shutting itself down when we landed.
I talked to the flight engineer a few days later and asked what the cause was. Apparently some sort of valve stuck somewhere, and that particular valve impacted all engines. IIRC, it wasn't fuel related, but something more to do with exhaust gasses and the turbo-props. It's been more than 20 years since it happened, and my memory has faded on the specifics. I do remember hauling ass leaving the plane and running perpendicular to it due to hot brakes and potential tire explosions. That didn't happen though.
How does a problem with landing gear interfere with the normal operation of a Boeing xx135 aircraft? To the extent that it is unable to proceed to its own home port?
ATC cleared the airspace and runways for me, gave me an emergency clearance, and kept a clear radio for anything I needed.
That’s that one time when you understand why aircraft brake fluid costs $200 per gallon. It doesn’t have a flash point worth mentioning.
“An emergency landing 1,600 miles away?? “
That IS quite funny !
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Yeah buddy. I'd pay more for it than that given the stresses our flying machines go through. Our flight crew drank for free that day.
Similar Russian aircraft also overfly the USA.
I’m glad to know that you made it down without banging up the family or aircraft. Congratulations.
If you have a problem with your landing gear, how would you even know it in the middle of your flight?
What if they go Snowden. That would be a great trophy for Obama. Perhaps in exchange for some reduced sanctions. You heard it here first.
Snowden. I bet they got Snowden.
First and last paragraphs from here; http://www.military.com/equipment/oc-135b-open-skies
The U.S. Air Force operates two modified Boeing 707 aircraft as part of the 1992 Open Skies treaty which allows 26 countries unrestricted overflight of domestic airspace to monitor military developments.
Three OC-135Bs were modified by the Aeronautical Systems Center’s 4950th Test Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The first initial operational capability (IOC) OC-135B was assigned to the 24th Reconnaissance Squadron, at Offutt AFB, Neb., in October 1993. The IOC aircraft was placed in permanent storage at Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz. Two fully operational OC-135B aircraft were delivered in 1996.
Pretty interesting article.
Wow, these things were made in the 60s and 3 were converted for the Treaty on Open Skies in 1993.
http://www.uswarplanes.net/kc135.html
The below link will give you a menu in the left to see all warplanes
http://www.uswarplanes.net/
All carried in a freaking 707.
If they wanted to copy any of that it would set them back years.
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