Spitfire makes an emergency landing without wheels.

Jimbuna · 07-19-15, 07:42 AM

This pilot is so skillful and as cool as a cucumber during the situation

It looks like the Spitfire is a 2/3 scale replica.

Aktungbby · 07-19-15, 07:53 AM

Nicely done per rule ONE: "any one you walk away from...

" I wonder if he killed the motor (cant tell) to save prop/engine damage? EDIT: On second look there's engine sound and the flaps down full on turf landing do add traction on touch down. He didn't slide 60'. He had obviously done his 'Sully what if' homework beforehand!
It happens this is the anniversary of this famous landing at Sioux City Iowa 1989: of 296 people on board, 185 survived! Many reforms in aviation were instigated due to this mess...

u crank · 07-19-15, 07:53 AM

Wow. Lucky lad and a good wheels up landing.

Oberon · 07-19-15, 07:53 AM

"One of your elite, trying to land without wheels..."

Torplexed · 07-19-15, 07:57 AM

Picture perfect landing.

I can see why so many RAF pilots weren't out of the fight for long in the BoB.

Oberon · 07-19-15, 08:21 AM

Indeed, was a damn good belly landing.

But...err...didn't he have an emergency gear bottle?

Would have thought that would be one of the systems that you'd install in a replica...

Still, good landing nevertheless, the erks would have been happy enough with it.

Platapus · 07-20-15, 03:38 PM

Technically, the aircraft still had wheels, the pilot just could not deploy them.

Schroeder · 07-20-15, 05:29 PM

Actually a wheels up landing is technically pretty much the same as a normal landing. You use the exact same skills and control inputs. The only difference is that you put her on her belly and not on her wheels. I would even say he brought her down fairly roughly.

Commander Wallace · 08-14-15, 07:25 AM

Great landing. Skilled pilot as well. I had no idea they made replica spitfires on a 2/3 scale. I learned there are also full scale ME-262's made as well with more reliable Pratt and Whitney turbo jets in the ancillary pods on the wings.

It hustles through the air quite nicely and pretty fast

07-19-15, 07:42 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Spitfire makes an emergency landing without wheels. This pilot is so skillful and as cool as a cucumber during the situation It looks like the Spitfire is a 2/3 scale replica. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-19-15, 07:53 AM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,984 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Nicely done per rule ONE: "any one you walk away from..." I wonder if he killed the motor (cant tell) to save prop/engine damage? EDIT: On second look there's engine sound and the flaps down full on turf landing do add traction on touch down. He didn't slide 60'. He had obviously done his 'Sully what if' homework beforehand! It happens this is the anniversary of this famous landing at Sioux City Iowa 1989: of 296 people on board, 185 survived! Many reforms in aviation were instigated due to this mess... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 07-19-15 at 01:33 PM.

07-19-15, 07:53 AM	#3
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Wow. Lucky lad and a good wheels up landing. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

07-19-15, 07:57 AM	#5
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Picture perfect landing. I can see why so many RAF pilots weren't out of the fight for long in the BoB. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

07-20-15, 03:38 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Technically, the aircraft still had wheels, the pilot just could not deploy them. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-19-15, 07:53 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	"One of your elite, trying to land without wheels..."

07-19-15, 08:21 AM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Indeed, was a damn good belly landing. But...err...didn't he have an emergency gear bottle? Would have thought that would be one of the systems that you'd install in a replica... Still, good landing nevertheless, the erks would have been happy enough with it.

07-20-15, 05:29 PM	#8
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Actually a wheels up landing is technically pretty much the same as a normal landing. You use the exact same skills and control inputs. The only difference is that you put her on her belly and not on her wheels. I would even say he brought her down fairly roughly. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

08-14-15, 07:25 AM	#9
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Great landing. Skilled pilot as well. I had no idea they made replica spitfires on a 2/3 scale. I learned there are also full scale ME-262's made as well with more reliable Pratt and Whitney turbo jets in the ancillary pods on the wings. It hustles through the air quite nicely and pretty fast