Any military aircraft still using braking parachutes ?
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Many years ago, whilst on detachment at Luqa (Malta), I was duty pilot in the tower which, in those days, was right at the end of the runway (24?). An Alitalia aircraft was on the approach, a Caravelle instead of the usual DC9. It was far, far too high on the approach and crossed the threshold at around 150ft. The Duty local controller picked up the crash phone and bells went off all over (remember, this runway was only 6,000ft long). The aeroplane touched down and hey presto, out popped a brake chute and it stopped on a sixpence with the fire tenders overtaking it, unable to slow down!
Question, are ther any civil airliners that still have brake chutes? I doubt it!
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Question, are ther any civil airliners that still have brake chutes? I doubt it!
CB
Many years ago, whilst on detachment at Luqa (Malta), I was duty pilot in the tower which, in those days, was right at the end of the runway (24?). An Alitalia aircraft was on the approach, a Caravelle instead of the usual DC9. It was far, far too high on the approach and crossed the threshold at around 150ft. The Duty local controller picked up the crash phone and bells went off all over (remember, this runway was only 6,000ft long). The aeroplane touched down and hey presto, out popped a brake chute and it stopped on a sixpence with the fire tenders overtaking it, unable to slow down!
Question, are ther any civil airliners that still have brake chutes? I doubt it!
CB
Question, are ther any civil airliners that still have brake chutes? I doubt it!
CB
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Many years ago, whilst on detachment at Luqa (Malta), I was duty pilot in the tower which, in those days, was right at the end of the runway (24?). An Alitalia aircraft was on the approach, a Caravelle instead of the usual DC9. It was far, far too high on the approach and crossed the threshold at around 150ft. The Duty local controller picked up the crash phone and bells went off all over (remember, this runway was only 6,000ft long). The aeroplane touched down and hey presto, out popped a brake chute and it stopped on a sixpence with the fire tenders overtaking it, unable to slow down!
Question, are ther any civil airliners that still have brake chutes? I doubt it!
CB
Question, are ther any civil airliners that still have brake chutes? I doubt it!
CB
Tupolev 144 - Standard fit (I believe)
Development Concordes
But yes nothing still flying - Carbon brakes have made them obsolete
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