727 IranAir ldg without Nose Gear. Video and Question?
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727 IranAir ldg without Nose Gear. Video and Question?
Few days ago after flight from Moscow »»»
However one doubt...why no Spoilers/SB after the touchdown/landing roll?
Avoiding the possible CG change to a forward position, leading to a previous nose down attitude, maybe?
However...very nice crew job!
However one doubt...why no Spoilers/SB after the touchdown/landing roll?
Avoiding the possible CG change to a forward position, leading to a previous nose down attitude, maybe?
However...very nice crew job!
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If armed, the spoilers when extended would tend pitch the airplane over on the nose at perhaps an undesireable rate.
As a side note, I used to fly 727's for Iran Air in the 70's. That video brought back some memories.
As a side note, I used to fly 727's for Iran Air in the 70's. That video brought back some memories.
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Very professionaly done. Looked like minimal damage due to their gentle lowering of the nose at the end of the landing roll. I loved the 727. I would have retired in it if they hadn't screwed up the schedules at the end so much.
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Johnson Bar system in B727?
A very well handled emergency landing, congrats to the crew. Never operated on the B727, just wondered if they have a similar 'last resort' system for getting the NLG down as in the B707? The Johnson Bar was stowed and operated from the Lower 41. If you are reading this Hoppy you may recall how it broke during a demonstration during '79. 
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As I recall you could go back in 1st class, pull a panel up, and see if the nose gear was down. I don't think you could lower it from there though. It has been 15 years but I am quite sure you couldn't.
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I'd be pleased with that landing even with nose gear down....
Now just to sit back and wait for the ensuing Pprune discussion about how this couldn't be done in an Airbus, how ME pilots are pooly trained etc etc...oh, and could someone post the METAR ;-)
Now just to sit back and wait for the ensuing Pprune discussion about how this couldn't be done in an Airbus, how ME pilots are pooly trained etc etc...oh, and could someone post the METAR ;-)
All three landing gear can be manually cranked down via three access hatches in the cockpit.
A crank is connected and after about eighteen million turns each one will lock down. Done this a few times in the sim many years ago practicing for hydraulic failure.
Of course if things are disconnected or broken that's another story.
Great job by the crew, the wonderful flying qualities and enormous pitch authority on the B727 certainly help.
A crank is connected and after about eighteen million turns each one will lock down. Done this a few times in the sim many years ago practicing for hydraulic failure.
Of course if things are disconnected or broken that's another story.
Great job by the crew, the wonderful flying qualities and enormous pitch authority on the B727 certainly help.
I flew 707's for Iranair in 1975 and following a nightstop in Frankfurt, when we arrived at the airport we were told that the aircraft inbound the day before was being towed from the hangar as the previous evening they were unable to lower the nosewheel normally and had to use the emergency system as described in an earlier post. The reason it wouldn't extend was that it hadn't been lubricated. I'm not suggesting this was the case here. We returned to Teheran with no further problems.
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A crank is connected and after about eighteen million turns each one will lock down. Done this a few times in the sim many years ago practicing for hydraulic failure.
Oops, I take that back, one of the times we had a real FE on board and he cranked the gear down. Really didn't have to watch him, he knew what he was doing.
The crew in the video did an excellent job.
As for the non-use of the spoilers, for some reason I seem to remember Boeing recommending not to use the spoilers if landing nose gear up or showing unsafe/not down and locked. But I have not flown a 727 since 1998, so I very well could be wrong. I need to dig out my old training manuals and look that up.
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However one doubt...why no Spoilers/SB after the touchdown/landing roll
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We old guys are lucky we got to fly some of these wonderful airplanes while they were here.
We old guys are lucky we got to fly some of these wonderful airplanes while they were here.
You shudda flow the -8 and THEN you'd know what a REAL airplane is !!
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Also 2 pages about cranking the gear manually. Too lazy to copypasta any more, if you are interested, pm.
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