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  • Top Gun pilot forgot landing gear

    05/10/2006 7:28:38 AM PDT · by IonImplantGuru · 138 replies · 4,532+ views
    [Tucson] Arizona Daily Star ^ | 05.10.2006 | Carol Ann Alaimo
    A former Navy Top Gun with decades of flying experience forgot to put his plane's landing gear down during an air show practice run in Tucson in March, the Federal Aviation Administration found. Retired Capt. Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, a seasoned pro on the military air-show circuit, was piloting a Korean War-era F-86 Sabre that scraped to a stop and caught fire in the March 4 mishap at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Snodgrass, 57, was given counseling as "corrective action," according to the FAA report, obtained by the Arizona Daily Star under the Freedom of Information Act. The pilot was unhurt...