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Landing an F-18 with a flat tyre - easy?
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Posted on 05/23/2007 10:26:36 AM PDT by Freeport
Ever wondered what happens when a fast jet has a blow out on landing?
Here's one less pilot who can stop wondering, as this video shows him doing just that, complete with a classy skid to bring things to a close.
(Excerpt) Read more at flightglobal.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aviation; f18; landing; navair; tyre; video
Bring me my brown pants! Do check out the video & there's a link to more "easy landing" videos at the bottom of the page.
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posted on
05/23/2007 10:26:38 AM PDT
by
Freeport
To: Freeport
To: Freeport
I thought they came stock with tires. That must be the problem, they put some UK equipment on the plane. Good thing they didn't use a British electrical system!
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posted on
05/23/2007 10:31:12 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it!)
To: Freeport
Opened to canopy to let out the smell?
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posted on
05/23/2007 10:32:06 AM PDT
by
sticker
To: Freeport
They need to mount one of these on the instrument panel...
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posted on
05/23/2007 10:33:18 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(How often must environmentalism have negative consequences before we stop calling them unintended?)
To: Freeport
A real Dukes of Hazzard landing........Paint it orange and put General Lee and 01 on the Tail!.........
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posted on
05/23/2007 10:34:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
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posted on
05/23/2007 10:54:04 AM PDT
by
magslinger
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To: Freeport
Looks like NAS Pensacola.
To: Freeport
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posted on
05/23/2007 11:08:17 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Freeport
He did that spin-out at the end just to make it look cool! ;^)
To: Filo
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posted on
05/23/2007 11:28:00 AM PDT
by
Filo
(Darwin was right!)
To: Teacher317
He did that spin-out at the end just to make it look cool! ;^) I bet he drives for NASCAR on the weekends!
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posted on
05/23/2007 12:43:37 PM PDT
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: magslinger
Very cool hand, Mags....
Thought it was on a carrier where having caught the wire this would have been no big deal.....except for expedited cleanup.
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posted on
05/23/2007 6:51:27 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
To: Freeport
There must hnot have been any short-field or overrun arresting gear rigged, so cutting that donut probably saved an expensive extraction that would have blocked the runway, if the pilot ran off the end of the runway. Effective (if unorthodox) method of abruptly losing forward momentum, and surviving the attempt...
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posted on
05/24/2007 7:45:07 AM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts...)
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