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Re: Planespotting II

There was a video os a US Harrier lading on an Aircraft Carrier, nose wheel had failed to drop, they have a cradle for just this reason so he landed vertically with his nose onto the cradle.

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Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 12656260)

Unless Pence was aboard it's just a Boeing C-32 ;)

As I said, Air Force 2 visiting our little part of the USA ;)

kinda surprised I wasn’t asked to be part of the official leaving party LOL
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...857228924.jpeg

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12656436)

737-900 in passenger use has a tendency to tip as well, tail stand more or less fixes the issue so you can off load front back and passengers at the same time.

If no tail stand best to unload the back first and once the the aft is empty and most passengers are off, start with the front, some airlines wont let you even remove 1 bag or passenger without a tail stand in place on a 737-900 and some go a step further and also use tail stands on the 737-800 but the 738 is less prone to tipping.

Quite some time ago, perhaps as far back as the 1980's Concorde landed at LHR, from Singapore IIRC and the nose wheel wasn't in proper contact with the ground after it landed and they had to send out a tractor to pull it to the gate. The reason given was that the fuel load was so low, which didn't seem like a good explanation to me, though I have no basis to say otherwise.

There was also a RAF Harrier that got lost and/or low on fuel and ended up landing on a small container ship off the coast of Spain, I think, and I think that was in the 1980's too . The pilot was court-martialed, but at least the RAF got their Harrier back after paying the ship owner a salvage fee.

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Whist looking for something else last evening I came across this: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-in...-idUKKCN1R10F7

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Originally Posted by Expatrick (Post 12662149)

WOW have gone.

Wow!

Sorry, I couldn't help it. :o

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12662230)

Wow!

Sorry, I couldn't help it. :o

Why Oh Why?

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Originally Posted by Expatrick (Post 12662242)

Why Oh Why?

Wouldn't one weep? :cry_smile:

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12662244)

Wouldn't one weep? :cry_smile:

Very good!

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12662244)

Wouldn't one weep? :cry_smile:

When Or Where?

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Originally Posted by Expatrick (Post 12662149)

WOW have gone.

Certainly not a surprise,

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Originally Posted by MidAtlantic (Post 12662298)

When Or Where?

WOW Office, Wreykjavic. :scarper:

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10m15s of ugly viewing. :(

Learjet 35A Teterboro Runway 1 Approach Crash 5/15/2017 - NTSB Animation

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12665160)

10m15s of ugly viewing. :(
Learjet 35A Teterboro Runway 1 Approach Crash 5/15/2017 - NTSB Animation

https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.a...15X80533&key=1