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Jeep, Doing 80MPH, Drives Under Plane To Fix Landing Gear
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| 9/16/05
Posted on 09/16/2005 2:50:04 PM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: southernnorthcarolina
It would have been easier in this...
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:00:53 PM PDT
by
Snardius
To: linkinpunk
"The Jeep Beneath My Wings", by The Gutsy Guys.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:02:03 PM PDT
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: linkinpunk
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:02:39 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: linkinpunk; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; ...
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:05:02 PM PDT
by
Aeronaut
(2 Chronicles 7:14.)
To: Leo Carpathian
Good for 250 miles without any major work.If you fix landing gear on 707s.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:06:13 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Aeronaut
Heh.... I've seen a few of these rescues... People at their best, when it works!
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:07:01 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: linkinpunk
Didn't I see this in an episode of Thunderbirds?
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:07:04 PM PDT
by
Eepsy
To: paulat
Do they consider the non-locking of the landing gear an incident?
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:07:46 PM PDT
by
BigTex5
To: Aeronaut
Thanks for the ping Aeronaut! Looks like maybe a cutlass which is what I have...
To: mtbopfuyn
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:08:02 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(All democrats are ENEMIES of the Republic!)
To: Plutarch
I love my Wrangler. My wife loves her Grand Cherokee.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:09:37 PM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(All democrats are ENEMIES of the Republic!)
To: linkinpunk
Very interesting, Was it a Cessna 177?
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:09:46 PM PDT
by
agincourt1415
(4 More Years of NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN!)
To: linkinpunk
While waiting for CSI on Spike TV a couple of days ago, I saw a video almost identical to this except the mechanic who grabbed the plane's wheel tried three times, finally having to use a sedan with a moon roof in order to get the correct speed (he had a driver as well, of course). It was on "Most Amazing Videos" or some such -- I don't exactly remember.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:10:12 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: agincourt1415
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:10:14 PM PDT
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: Dark Wing; Dog Gone
Don't try this at home.
Stupidity in flight is a death penalty offense.
Think of it as evolution in action.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:10:53 PM PDT
by
Thud
To: linkinpunk
OK, now who of the guys on this board are not painfully envious of this stunt?
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:11:08 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!)
To: RadioAstronomer
Yeah, could have been a retractable 172, in fact from a distance thats what it looks like.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:12:01 PM PDT
by
agincourt1415
(4 More Years of NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN!)
To: mtbopfuyn
The airport will now investigate to see if the impromptu in-flight inspection broke any major rules. They do stuff like this at airshows. But they have "waivers" for specific stunts at airshows.
There is an FAR that basically makes it illegal to do anything dangerous, with no definition of what's dangerous.
I would have done this on either the Jeep end or Cessna end. But there is precedent to worry about such stunts. There was a Senator (I think it was Terazza Kerry's deceased hubby, Senator Heinz) that was killed when the plane he was in had a midair with a helicopter. They had the gear hang in the plane, and the helicopter flew up underneath to get a look, and apparently the downwash sucked them into each other.
Really stupid move.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:12:15 PM PDT
by
narby
To: linkinpunk
This is what I love about men: guts and ingenuity!
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:12:17 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Good!)
To: linkinpunk
I have seen films of something like this twice, once about 1984 with landing gear problems. They actually put their hands on the gear. When it opened and locked, it almost knocked the guys out of the truck they were using.
The other, a C133 (big, big airplane) cutting a static line on a guy that was twisted in it. That took place at Fort Bragg I think in the early 60's.
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posted on
09/16/2005 3:13:12 PM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
(LET ME KNOW WHERE HANOI JANE FONDA IS WHEN SHE TOURS)
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