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Jet makes belly landing at Poland airport
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| 11/1/2011
Posted on 11/01/2011 8:50:06 AM PDT by Former Fetus
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Praise the Lord, nobody was hurt! Slide show at the link
To: Former Fetus
Sounds like Sully Sullenberger has some company. That’s a great pilot right there but I’m glad I’m not responsible for his laundry.
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:55:00 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
To: muir_redwoods
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:56:24 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: Former Fetus
Truley remarkable. Those pilots are heroes. I doubt anyone’s luggage was harmed or scratched in the incident.
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posted on
11/01/2011 8:58:05 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(The Senate without a fillibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
To: Former Fetus
Holy Moly!
Pilot: Get me my brown pants...
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posted on
11/01/2011 9:05:46 AM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
To: Former Fetus
One of the "forgotten" benefits of an active military is that they train a lot of very, very good pilots.
They eventually leave the service and many end up piloting commercially.
Since our military has been in a "state of war" for over 10 years, I wouldn't be surprised if this hero was a former jet jockey.
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posted on
11/01/2011 9:06:43 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Former Fetus
Why didn’t they land on three pickup trucks like in the TV commercial? Just kidding. I know the commercial is only one.
To: Former Fetus
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posted on
11/01/2011 9:13:01 AM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: Former Fetus
Cpt. Wrona has 20 years experience on 767.
He is a member of Polish National Team in Glider Aerobatics,
from Leszno Aeroclub.
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posted on
11/01/2011 9:18:20 AM PDT
by
NCjim
(Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
To: Former Fetus
I fly LOT regularly. Comparable to Continental Airlines in terms of service and quality. But next time I go, I want this guy as my pilot.
To: Former Fetus
Yikes, a 767? I thought when I first heard it was a 737. Much bigger plane... ratchets things up a couple notches.
Truly amazing landing, now seeing the video.
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posted on
11/01/2011 9:25:12 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Former Fetus
To: Former Fetus
Three point tail dragger.
Wings and fuselage look pretty good, considering.
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posted on
11/01/2011 9:30:11 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ltc8k6
Nice pic.
Is that a roadrunner on the tail?
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posted on
11/01/2011 9:32:25 AM PDT
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Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Watched the landing, it was amazing. They said the bottom of the plane got extreme hot (go figure) and there was a fire somewhere but the firehoses took care of the problems.
Nice to have good news for a change.
To: Former Fetus
Praise the Lord, nobody was hurt! Fortunately it was light having burned off most of its fuel.
To: BubbaJunebug
Wow, what an amazing job. That landing looked as smooth as if the gear had been down.
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posted on
11/01/2011 10:01:46 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
To: SusaninOhio
I finally found and watched the video taken along the axis of travel.
Looked like the foam was just laid along the center of the runway which would explain the "smoke" and the sparks from the engine/runway rubbin'. But, yea, the landing was perfect as the nose never even looked like it pitched down, nor was there a bounce from a hard landing.
Give the guy a medal and a lifelong free drinks card.
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posted on
11/01/2011 10:08:02 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: IYAS9YAS
The videos don’t show the truck that arrived to carry that captain’s balls.
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posted on
11/01/2011 10:21:22 AM PDT
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1rudeboy
To: Former Fetus; 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; ...
Aviation ping
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