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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:27:22 -0600, "Don Harstad"
wrote: I saw a Blue Angles F-4 do a gear-up landing at the airport in Cedar Rapids, IA, about 1970 or so. He did the same thing...he rode it out until the plane began to slew off the runway, and then he ejected. He made it look pretty easy... and I also remember that the Blue Angles ground crew jumped into a station wagon and beat the fire/rescue people to him. Oh, one other factor was that he lit the afterburners when he realized that his wheels were up, and gave himself quite a push down the runway. Oh, no, and I though "It takes afterburner to taxi" was the punchline to an old joke. I might have a slide of this, before the ejection. It's pretty ratty, but it's definitely a Blue Angels F-4 sliding down the runway, with a lot of flame. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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In message , Mary Shafer
writes Oh, no, and I though "It takes afterburner to taxi" was the punchline to an old joke. Some say it's standard operational procedure for Jaguar pilots -- When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. W S Churchill Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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Mary Shafer wrote:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:27:22 -0600, "Don Harstad" wrote: I saw a Blue Angles F-4 do a gear-up landing at the airport in Cedar Rapids, IA, about 1970 or so. He did the same thing...he rode it out until the plane began to slew off the runway, and then he ejected. He made it look pretty easy... and I also remember that the Blue Angles ground crew jumped into a station wagon and beat the fire/rescue people to him. Oh, one other factor was that he lit the afterburners when he realized that his wheels were up, and gave himself quite a push down the runway. Oh, no, and I though "It takes afterburner to taxi" was the punchline to an old joke. I might have a slide of this, before the ejection. It's pretty ratty, but it's definitely a Blue Angels F-4 sliding down the runway, with a lot of flame. Mary What's your take on the cause for this Mary?...seeing as how it couldn't be (according to you) pilot error?... -Gord. "I'm trying to get as old as I can, and it must be working 'cause I'm the oldest now that I've ever been" |
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