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To: navysealdad
I think this actually happened a few years ago, but it was a Cessna, not a large traffic liner.
An empty 737 weighs over 30 tonnes (according to one web site, it seems a bit low), enough to blow out the tires on the truck even if (if!) the suspension would hold up.

6 posted on 04/21/2013 6:53:01 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: BitWielder1
I think this actually happened a few years ago, but it was a Cessna, not a large traffic liner.

And, iirc, a mechanic stood up through a sun roof of an auto to work the gear to extend fully and lock.

Excellent coordination by all involved...

11 posted on 04/21/2013 7:04:40 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: BitWielder1

I have a vague memory of an incident with a Piper Cherokee variation, a Saratoga, I think, where one of the mains didn’t extend and a guy in the back of a pick up truck that was driving down the runway under the plane was able to reach up and pull the reluctant gear down and locked.


14 posted on 04/21/2013 7:44:14 AM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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