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Brian Abraham
24th Aug 2006, 02:30
http://www.ravenware.com/factand/nofic/b1pics/gurec/index.html
Newforest
24th Aug 2006, 07:14
Great photos, funny with all those hard hats and hi-res jackets, it looks as though it landed on a road!
allan907
24th Aug 2006, 07:28
I remember a Vulcan B2 that landed wheels up at Finningley in 1965. That also couldn't happen because of all the cockpit warnings etc - but it did! Apparently the crew were not aware of the wheels up until they couldn't get it to taxy at a decent speed. Captain's name escapes me but he was the father of my best mates missus.
Navy_Adversary
24th Aug 2006, 07:41
Guess the crew of the Bone are now flying Rubber Dog Sh*t out of Hong Kong.
naah, probably flying for Continental...
http://p.airliners.net/photos/middle/0/6/4/0049460.jpg
Kitbag
24th Aug 2006, 09:33
Guess it'll keep the metal workers busy for a while
allan907
24th Aug 2006, 09:35
Nah.....he's a chauffer now
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/allan907/weird686.jpg
alex_holbrook
24th Aug 2006, 11:39
http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1690849.htm
Pilot had finished OCU two weeks previously.
mcidiot
24th Aug 2006, 11:43
From what I read from someone stationed on Diego Garcia (where the event took place) the a/c was fine and didn't have any major structural damage
I would imagine the engines ingested a decent amount of runway FOD however....
johno617tonka
24th Aug 2006, 13:28
there was a good quality video clip of the 'belly up' by the F111 on here almost as soon as it had happened.
excellent piece of flying, especially if straight out of the OCU...:D
Dan Winterland
25th Aug 2006, 04:28
Anybody else notice the photgrapher's name in the 'Wheel falls of F111' story? Damien Dunlop! (Made up, shurely!)