"Chris W" wrote in message
news:m95ff.11794$ih5.10682@dukeread11...
Joe Feise wrote:

Yeah, must be a slow news day when CNN covers a gear problem and belly
landing
of a King Air live...

It wasn't just CNN, FOX and MSNBC were also covering it. Sure was a
smooth landing. Seemed to hang a bit though, I guess ground effect is
pretty huge when the wing is only a foot off the ground.

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Chris W
KE5GIX

He was carrying extra speed to fly it onto the runway, which he did
perfectly.
The REAL smooth job of flying with this incident wasn't really the landing,
but rather the earlier touch and go on the left main. He had to hold up the
right wing as he tried to get a little bounce on the left main trying to jar
the right side retaining latches loose. That's a mean trick, and takes a
good stick to pull it off without dropping the wing down far enough to catch
the prop tips. It didn't work, but he got through the try without dinging
it.
He did a good job all around I would say.
Dudley Henriques