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I need to see about 767 landing gear.. on the DC-9 the landing gear rests on the door, the door is the only thing keeping it from free falling. I could lower the gear with no hydraulics, no electrics, nothing but my gear handle.
On the helicopter the gear was welded down, so no concern.
The King Air used a sewing machine motor. Kinda dicey!
It was a nice landing, wonder when the plane will fly again?
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I also wonder if that plane will fly again. If you want to see some sweet comments on the merits of landing gear up on a runway versus ditching, head over to jalopnik and see the comments section of the article on that video. http://jalopnik.com/5855267/watch-a-...o-landing-gearsigpic
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this is a very cool thread. i work on planes on a daily basis. about an hour ago i was inspecting the wing on a f15. ive worked on pretty much everything from a helicopter to a f22 to a c130. my uncle was apart of the blue angels so ive been to plenty of air shows as a kid. im hoping to have my pilots license before i leave the military.Life is good. Do what you like. Like what you do.
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Originally posted by hoveringuy View PostI need to see about 767 landing gear.. on the DC-9 the landing gear rests on the door, the door is the only thing keeping it from free falling. I could lower the gear with no hydraulics, no electrics, nothing but my gear handle.
On the helicopter the gear was welded down, so no concern.
The King Air used a sewing machine motor. Kinda dicey!
It was a nice landing, wonder when the plane will fly again?
That plane has taken over 2,000 lives. That's more than the infamous DC10
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Originally posted by Maluco View Postif I was flying on a DC9 and all that happened was problems with the landing gear, I would thank God!
That plane has taken over 2,000 lives. That's more than the infamous DC10
It's an original "fly by wire" airplane.
It has had a lot of mishaps.. http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/dc9.htm
... 99% of them are pilot error. Some initiated as a mechanical failure (engine failure) but crashed because of pilot error. Most are due to weather or flying into things, either other airplanes are terrain.
Most were in the 1970's, before TCAS and GPS and ILS, before good weather forecasts and ATC. The thought of flying anything during the 1970's scares me now!
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Originally posted by j0oftheworld View PostSo what would be the protocol for this type of landing?
Other landing options?
Dump fuel just prior to touching down?
How do you fly in to this maneuver?
Flying is SO interesting to me!e92 M3
e30 M3 s52 swap
w203 C240 wagon (DD)
190e 5.6 swap (in surgery)
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I suppose it all depends on the plane and what systems they have. I'm sorta surprised too that there isn't some way to emergency extend the gear for them. I'm sure they took the best course given their specific scenario, I definitely don't know enough to make the call...I'm still a sky-noob.
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Originally posted by gkurey View PostI suppose it all depends on the plane and what systems they have. I'm sorta surprised too that there isn't some way to emergency extend the gear for them. I'm sure they took the best course given their specific scenario, I definitely don't know enough to make the call...I'm still a sky-noob.e92 M3
e30 M3 s52 swap
w203 C240 wagon (DD)
190e 5.6 swap (in surgery)
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Originally posted by hoveringuy View PostYep... "'I'm with the band".
We picked them in at Heathrow and took them to Bahrain. A bunch of the pictures on their last album were taken at our fuel stop in Greece. Tom sat up front with me for about an hour, talked about how bad he wanted to do a gig at Area 51.Tim.
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