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SUBMAN1
02-27-09, 08:55 PM
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=185873&page=1

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Oberon
02-27-09, 09:04 PM
Looks like he thought he had more speed than he had, judging by the way he pulled the nose up before raising the gear! :oops:
longam
02-27-09, 10:56 PM
Always wait for positive rate climb.
SteamWake
02-27-09, 10:57 PM
positive rate... gear up...

Good lord, and embarrising performance.
Arclight
02-28-09, 02:24 AM
Perhaps mistaking kph for mph? :lol:

Sad performance indeed.
XabbaRus
02-28-09, 05:16 AM
OH dear, someone's career on the skids...

Maybe he should join us in the lolwaffles....though we can take off fine. Landing is another problem.
Geno_Mariner
03-01-09, 09:23 AM
OH dear, someone's career on the skids...

Maybe he should join us in the lolwaffles....though we can take off fine. Landing is another problem.

rofl, I was gonna say that (After Oberon told me about the Lolwaffles)
SteamWake
03-01-09, 11:54 AM
Perhaps mistaking kph for mph? :lol:

Sad performance indeed.

A spy !

They needed Clint Eastwood who could 'think in russian'.... (what movie?)
Thomen
03-01-09, 12:10 PM
Perhaps mistaking kph for mph? :lol:

Sad performance indeed.
A spy !

They needed Clint Eastwood who could 'think in russian'.... (what movie?)

What was it called? 'FireFox"?
Oberon
03-01-09, 12:37 PM
Perhaps mistaking kph for mph? :lol:

Sad performance indeed.
A spy !

They needed Clint Eastwood who could 'think in russian'.... (what movie?)

What was it called? 'FireFox"?

Da

http://firefox.phpmagazine.net/upload/2007/05/firefox_movie_1982_by_clint_ea/firefox-movie.jpg
Platapus
03-01-09, 01:43 PM
It is amazing that these aircraft structures can withstand a "no gear" landing like that without busting apart. Good job of the pilot for keeping the aircraft on the runway :yeah:
XabbaRus
03-01-09, 03:16 PM
He wasn't landing though, taking off.
Platapus
03-01-09, 04:58 PM
Landing in the sense that the aircraft touched the ground. :)

He may have intended to take off, but he ended up landing. :haha:
SteamWake
03-01-09, 06:51 PM
After all a landing is but a controlled crash. :O:
Platapus
03-01-09, 07:45 PM
Any landing you can crawl away from is a good landing
Sea Demon
03-02-09, 04:26 PM
Any landing you can crawl away from is a good landing

Tell that to the SOF and the maintenance sup Lieutenant.....:)
Biggles
03-02-09, 04:53 PM
Well, noone died, that's the most important thing:DL
Terror_666
03-02-09, 06:42 PM
In his mind while skidding down the runway "Well, THAT was stupid"
Polak
03-02-09, 07:47 PM
That guy better stick to simulators...
rubenandthejets
03-02-09, 09:01 PM
"Undercarriage lever a bit sticky was it sir?"
"Er, yes, actually it was"
"Well I wouldn'r tell the CO that"
Sledgehammer427
03-02-09, 10:09 PM
gawd, thats hilarious, I'll bet the guy who runs the airfield had a kid that day...my god, i know i would
porphy
03-03-09, 06:46 AM
I think he chickened out, he had plenty of room to do a cool looking "belly take off" - ram the throttle all the way forward, and pull the stick back... :)