To: EnjoyingLife
Very impressive photography!
2 posted on
11/21/2006 1:31:23 PM PST by
Glenn
(Annoy a BushBot...Think for yourself.)
To: EnjoyingLife
The stabs dug in... Leading to ahis new call sign...."Plow Boy"
3 posted on
11/21/2006 1:32:58 PM PST by
Doctor Raoul
(Difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic is that the Free Clinic knows how to stop a leak.)
To: EnjoyingLife
Yikes! Nice save by the pilot.
![](http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h133/crasca/tire15.jpg)
To: EnjoyingLife
Great shots! I've blown a few tires, but never been spun around like that. Maybe the anti-skid system malfunctioned??
5 posted on
11/21/2006 1:33:51 PM PST by
spower
To: EnjoyingLife
*sigh*
Dang Navy pilots... ;-)
Really, very glad he's OK. The plane appears to be mostly alright too.
Very impressive photos!
6 posted on
11/21/2006 1:34:54 PM PST by
TChris
(We scoff at honor and are shocked to find traitors among us. - C.S. Lewis)
To: EnjoyingLife
The back end came around...He did almost a complete 360...
He must have been watching "The Fast and the Furious; Tokyo Drift".
7 posted on
11/21/2006 1:35:40 PM PST by
Redcitizen
(This tagline is 100 percent Trans Fat free)
To: EnjoyingLife
Jeez, never saw an airplane do a bootlegger reverse...
To: EnjoyingLife
My wife mentioned something about Air Force One blowings its tires. Any news on that?
9 posted on
11/21/2006 1:37:17 PM PST by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: EnjoyingLife
You gotta wonder how the photog just happened to be taking pictures at the time.
12 posted on
11/21/2006 1:39:05 PM PST by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: EnjoyingLife
Can't help but notice this is a TWO-SEATER.
I wonder WHICH pilot landed the aircraft???
The Lt. Cmndr in the front? or the LTJG in the back. heheh
time wil tell (or maybe I should read the article; but that's too easy)
16 posted on
11/21/2006 1:51:09 PM PST by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: EnjoyingLife
Good thing the landing wasn't on the deck of pitching carrier deck.
24 posted on
11/21/2006 2:01:23 PM PST by
Mogollon
To: EnjoyingLife
Oh man, his crew chief is gonna be pissed!!
To: EnjoyingLife
Total elapsed time: 1.5 seconds, or two weeks, depending on where you're sitting...
27 posted on
11/21/2006 2:10:19 PM PST by
gridlock
(We just got dumped. McCain and Rudy are Rebound Guys. Let's not marry the Rebound Guy.)
To: EnjoyingLife
I like the way he steered into the skid. ;o)
28 posted on
11/21/2006 2:15:38 PM PST by
al_c
To: EnjoyingLife
29 posted on
11/21/2006 2:16:28 PM PST by
Chuck54
(The election is over, get your chin out of your soup and work on '08!)
To: EnjoyingLife
Without seeing a video it would be speculation to determine cause of right main failure. From the photographers description it sounds like he was on the roll out when the first tire blew so it sounds like it was not the result of a heavy touch down. He may have had a planning link failure that possibly went undetected. If when he lowered the gear there would have been a warning and a flashing gear handle and he would have elected to go around and call for a short field arresment. Once the tire blew he would not use brakes on the good tire unless it was to maintain directional control. He would have used nosewheel steering to maintain directional control, as control surfaces would have little aerodynamic affect to keep him on the runway. With the second tire blown it was likely from braking trying to stay on the runway. He was at full flaps and was giving full forward (nose down) stab for areobraking and just before ground looping was inputing full right aileron when he was possibly attempting to use the left main brake before it blew. Engine nozzles show no asymmetric thrust and appear to be at idle. The antiskid would have been off or switched off with the blown tire. He did good to keep it level.
One of the F-14 Pilots that shot down the Libyan Migs died in a tragic antiskid failure on a wet runway. He had just transitioned to Hornets and after landing skidded off the runway much like this at Point Magu and flipped over off the runway in the wet mud. Very sad.
30 posted on
11/21/2006 2:37:47 PM PST by
Mat_Helm
To: EnjoyingLife
Let's tip our hats to his guardian angel.
31 posted on
11/21/2006 2:48:47 PM PST by
labette
(I'm not an expert, but I play one on Free Republic. You can too!)
To: EnjoyingLife
this gave me a flashback to an airshow at Mountain Home AFB I attended where a Thunderbird crashed close enough to me to make me
very uncomfortable from the heat:
![](http://www.rb-29.net/HTML/03RelatedStories/03.09relcontinfo/relcontscans/ThndrBdEject.gif)
![](http://www.f-16.net/modules/PNphpBB2/files/story.2.airshow.crash.jpg)
33 posted on
11/21/2006 3:48:46 PM PST by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: EnjoyingLife
Bump for later watching!
~D
42 posted on
11/27/2006 9:29:13 AM PST by
dcrider182
(we may be a super power.. but if we don't have the ability to use it.. are we still a world power?)
To: EnjoyingLife
Okay, I've seen the pictures and the YouTube video and I can only have two comments:
Pucker Factor!
and
Damn that's a funny way to park a plane!
44 posted on
11/27/2006 10:44:15 AM PST by
macmedic892
(I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.)
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