F3 Belly Landing! (Merged)

[Stuff]

Nice work Grievie, now if only you had moving nozzles instead of moving wings it would have been less of a drama

Speak to you soon mate.

[soddim]

STS - you were right on. Hard to believe the children on the aircrew notices thread. Bout time they eased up on the lager before work tomorrow.

[radar707]

All credit to the crew for this one, a job well done

Being a humble civvie ATCO, forgive my ignorance, but what is a "Martin-Baker letdown?"

I am assuming from previous posts that it is ejecting and "Martin Baker" inveted the ejector seat hence the name, but I'm no doubt wrong.

[kitwe]

F3 Belly Landing

In addition to the Italian IDS wheels-up, I remember that a TTTE British GR1, crewed by an Italian and a German (I think) did a wheels-up at Coningsby in the early 1980s. The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

[cyrus]

I think the TTE event at Coningsby referred to was actually a complete cock-up. One pilot trying to stop and the other trying to go - your guess who was doing what!

[Wee Jock]

I remember returning Coningsby's runway to service after that little episode, we chiselled off the bits of metal welded to the blacktop. Seem to recall someone saying that it was the second time the pilot had done it.

[gearontheglide]

I was in Connigsby ops that day.

After the crew "stepped" out of the jet, they came up to Ops for a bit. The Italian stude ( a Lt Col if memory serves) sat in a corner with head in hands....

" ees a my first crash. I go straight back to Italy. I never fly again"

German Instructor Pilot consoles him......

"Do not vorry. I hav crashed 3 times and I am still flying!!!!!"