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F-111 Belly Landing!
Austrailian F-111 lost wheel on take off had to belly land on the runway. Skip to 5:40 to see it!
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OUTSTANDING flying on the pilots part. Hey has got to have cast iron cahonies to pull that one off!
I didn't know anyone was still flying the Aardvark, as we called it. Nice job by the pilot.
This happened to one of our EF-111a's at Mt Home AFB,ID back in the late 80's when their main gear would not extend. Excellent recovery then and now. Always great to see aircrew walk away!!
I saw the nose only gear landing at Mtn Home AFB in the 1970's. They all did an outstanding job. I am surprised that they didn't foam the runway and I am surprised that they are still flying F111C's. I thought the F's were antiquated in the 70's but I believe it was the F's that President Reagan sent to Libya. I see it also happened in the 80's but I was there to witness it in the late 70's at Mtn Home AFB.
This is one of the best aircraft in the world, and it has an outstanding record in bringing crews home safely. The entire cockpit is modular and in case of an ejection emergency it is blown away from the rest of the plane to provide the crew with an armored shelter. Top that with it's supersonic capability and it truly is one of the greatest planes ever designed.
great training amd skill
great job landing a great plane .
Well no one told us why the wheel assembly---fell---off ya gotta be kidding? That's a major either stress failure or somebody was smoking pot when they did a check??
I'm also confused why nobody on the ground thought of foaming the runway, both to reduce damage to the underside of the aircraft and to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire.
Perfect landing Sir! Cheers
OUTSTANDING landing especially with on foam, the pilot had it by the nads. great job men.
Awesome. Had an A-10 Warthog belly land some years back at Kelly AFB, Tx. All went well. Pilot landed safely. No Fire. CarlosV.
I thought the F-111 was obsolete. Great flying skills
This happened some years ago. F111 no longer in service in the RAAF. Great landing though
That brings back some memories, great safe landing. I supported the EF-111 and F-111 at Cannon AFB, always remember the AB glowing with a full load headed to complete a mission. A close maintainer group of people supported this aircraft.
First...OUCH!!Second..nice job
Always well done when everyone walks away. Other suggestions.. goam runway, off runway landing (grass strip, dump fuel before landing, stretch 1/2 inch cable between 2 jeeps across runway to catch hook... create drag, kill engines before touchdown minimize turbine damage,
I'm a new member .. USN WWII; USAF Post WWII.
Fricken AWESOME piloting! Man i miss that jet! (Cannon, Heyford, Cannon again)
GREAT job...During my flight training in the US Air Force in 1957 I 'dead sticked' a T-bird...went on to fly B-47's and F-86H's in MassANG, and owned a Cessna 182..flew for over 55 years... THANKS for sharing your GREAT flying experience! Joel
. Why not form the runway? As a former Department of Defense fire official with extensive aircraft firefighting experience I offer the following explanations; During the late 1970s the US Navy conducted an intensive series of tests to determine if foaming had a beneficial effect for exactly this type of incident (wheels up belly in) firefighting foam (AFFF) did not prevent the ignition of any fuel caused by fuselage sparks in contact with either concrete or asphalt runways. In addition the amount of foam necessary to cover an adequate amount of runway left most fire trucks or even specialized foamer trucks empty with the necessity of servicing needed prior to the aircraft attempting to Land (refilling the fire trucks tanks with water and foam). This necessity often delayed landing attempts with usually negative results. Better to save the firefighting agents for a probable fire upon the aircraft landing or controlled crash which these types of incidents are best labeled rather than a “emergency†landing. . Why not form the runway? As a former Department of Defense fire official with extensive aircraft firefighting experience I offer the following explanations; During the late 1970s the US Navy conducted an intensive series of tests to determine if foaming had a beneficial effect for exactly this type of incident (wheels up belly in) firefighting foam (AFFF) did not prevent the ignition of any fuel caused by fuselage sparks in contact with either concrete or asphalt runways. In addition the amount of foam necessary to cover an adequate amount of runway left most fire trucks or even specialized foamer trucks empty with the necessity of servicing needed prior to the aircraft attempting to Land (refilling the fire trucks tanks with water and foam). This necessity often delayed landing attempts with usually negative results. Better to save the firefighting agents for a probable fire upon the aircraft landing or controlled crash which these types of incidents are best labeled rather than a “emergency†landing.
. Why not form the runway? As a former Department of Defense fire official with extensive aircraft firefighting experience I offer the following explanations; During the late 1970s the US Navy conducted an intensive series of tests to determine if foaming had a beneficial effect for exactly this type of incident (wheels up belly in) firefighting foam (AFFF) did not prevent the ignition of any fuel caused by fuselage sparks in contact with either concrete or asphalt runways. In addition the amount of foam necessary to cover an adequate amount of runway left most fire trucks or even specialized foamer trucks empty with the necessity of servicing needed prior to the aircraft attempting to Land (refilling the fire trucks tanks with water and foam). This necessity often delayed landing attempts with usually negative results. Better to save the firefighting agents for a probable fire upon the aircraft landing or controlled crash which these types of incidents are best labeled rather than a “emergency†landing.
My comments concerning "why not foam the runway" I apoligize for my rookie attempt at posting comments i did not intend to post twice nort repat twice in the same comment section. I have never commented before and did a sloppy job, Hopefully I'll get better. However i do hope my comments helped those who did not understand why noone foamed the runway, quite franlkly its a waste of fireighting agents wih no benefial effects on the outcome.