C-17 Gear-Up Landing at Bagram Air Field

Enigma · 02-19-09, 10:37 AM

Yikes.

SteamWake · 02-19-09, 11:44 AM

No where does it say if this was a forced situation or an 'oops'.

Yes I see a picture of the gear lever in the up position but that could have been moved after the fact.

These planes nealy touch the ground even with the wheels down, it would be easy to not realize they werent down till you heard the scraping.

Jimbuna · 02-19-09, 02:13 PM

Before I saw the movie I was going to say "That pilots going to have a hell of a job getting her to take off"

Kapt Z · 02-19-09, 02:31 PM

Well, if you have to belly her in....

A C-17 is the plane to have.

sharkbit · 02-20-09, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

Well, if you have to belly her in....

A C-17 is the plane to have.

No, a Hawker is the one to have

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They're built like tanks.

JALU3 · 02-22-09, 03:07 AM

Didn't this happen before, and after repairs the plan was able to take off on her own, and get back to the business she is built to do? Wouldn't it be if it was the same airframe as the one before, doubt it, but wouldn't it be.

Thankfully my place happens to be under the flight path of the western approuch to NI NAS. Yesterday morning as I was coming home, on the glide path was a C-17. I have to say, it was beautiful and quiet. To bad I didn't have my camera, otherwise I'd have pictures to show ya'll.

02-19-09, 10:37 AM	#1
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	C-17 Gear-Up Landing at Bagram Air Field Yikes. __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

02-19-09, 02:13 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Before I saw the movie I was going to say "That pilots going to have a hell of a job getting her to take off" __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-22-09, 03:07 AM	#6
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Didn't this happen before, and after repairs the plan was able to take off on her own, and get back to the business she is built to do? Wouldn't it be if it was the same airframe as the one before, doubt it, but wouldn't it be. Thankfully my place happens to be under the flight path of the western approuch to NI NAS. Yesterday morning as I was coming home, on the glide path was a C-17. I have to say, it was beautiful and quiet. To bad I didn't have my camera, otherwise I'd have pictures to show ya'll. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

02-19-09, 11:44 AM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	No where does it say if this was a forced situation or an 'oops'. Yes I see a picture of the gear lever in the up position but that could have been moved after the fact. These planes nealy touch the ground even with the wheels down, it would be easy to not realize they werent down till you heard the scraping.

02-19-09, 02:31 PM	#4
Kapt Z Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ...somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. Posts: 909 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Well, if you have to belly her in.... A C-17 is the plane to have.