tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post6558914066660811645..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: A wheel fell off!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-78165878982141309562013-02-01T15:01:30.468+00:002013-02-01T15:01:30.468+00:00Bloody good flying skills shown by that low hours ...Bloody good flying skills shown by that low hours pilot. On the practice approaches I was surprised how slowly the plane was flying (for a high wing loading jet), and his judgement of height was remarkable. <br /><br />If it was me, though, I would rather have been in this situation than the Israeli guy who put an F16 down with the right wing missing. He used a LOT more runway.microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-3408550914297756222013-02-01T14:46:50.962+00:002013-02-01T14:46:50.962+00:00Saw a USAF F-111 have a nose wheel deployment fail...Saw a USAF F-111 have a nose wheel deployment failure and have to come in on a wire at RAF Leemimg. Held the nose as high as practical whilst the wire slowed it down..glad I wasn't in the cockpit..Hubris69https://www.blogger.com/profile/09067414522286004759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-60648888501535852752013-01-31T22:11:57.267+00:002013-01-31T22:11:57.267+00:00I worked on the F4 Phantoms and we would always en...I worked on the F4 Phantoms and we would always enjoy watching the jet take the rhag at night as the hook would cause an amazing firework display as it dragged along the concrete.<br />Taking the rhag usually meant a bollocking for one of us though as it meant the drag chute had fallen out ( quite common with new groundcrew being inexperienced in it's awkward fitting) and the jet couldn't slow down with braking only. The F4 Mk1's were ex Royal Navy so were built like brick outhouses :)<br />The crews did have to do a regular practice arrester hook landing so would hopefully be prepared to do it in an emergency.lineswinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-72640824857382743152013-01-31T19:27:17.474+00:002013-01-31T19:27:17.474+00:00Well done to them.
But isn't Australia a lit...Well done to them. <br /><br />But isn't Australia a little prone to things falling off transport?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqMdakhttp://tpdrsl.orgnoreply@blogger.com