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To: OrioleFan

>> He said the front landing gear of the F-16 may have broken.

Presumably while on the runway. Too much weight on the nose while landing?


33 posted on 07/29/2011 7:06:27 PM PDT by Gene Eric (May our dreams converge for a free and prosperous nation.)
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To: Gene Eric
>> He said the front landing gear of the F-16 may have broken.

Presumably while on the runway. Too much weight on the nose while landing?

Nope. The landing gear collapsed after the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and hit very soft rain soaked ground and sunk in.

34 posted on 07/30/2011 9:10:57 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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