Oops! Another for the aircraftisti

Try explaining this one to your commanding officer.
http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/bombers4.html


JB

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, JB

Well, given that there would very likely have been bells and horns going
off left, right and centre in the cockpit, and that ATC would have
probably noticed too, the likeliest explanation would be that the gear
was stuck.

Googling doesn't seem to have an answer, but it's probable that the
enquiry hasn't published its report yet.

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Eh? It says so on the page, so it must be true.
"The Air Force Accident Investigation concluded the pilots forgot to lower
the landing gear"

 

The aerodrome controller would have a *lot* of paperwork to fill in if
there was no comms to the pilot. Binoculars and a flare-gun should
have been deployed, at the very least.
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..87753../..22653.../..31893.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR Clues: 84 Pts:1800 Miles:5704

 

Unless it was from an instrument approach in IMC.

 

Two things impressed me. One was the fact that it slid for more than a
mile (must have sounded horrible)! and the other is that the damage to a
$285 million bomber was only $8 million.

 

There is a notable lack of damage to the airframe. Do that in any
commercial jetliner and it would be a complete write off. I'm guessing
it's a heavy duty (armoured) titanium skin and a very strong chassis
(supersonic capability).

 

Well, it slid on the engine nacelles and a small piece of the nose
underside. Most of the fuselage and the wings themselves didn't hit the
deck at all.

 

Yes but those bits are remarkably intact!
I've inspected a jumbo that did a hard landing and the nose wheel
collapsed for a short slide. It was declared a write off.

 

'twas the cost of damage that got me. Jeez, that's peanuts.

 

No warning devices on the gear? Crap plank if it's not got at least one.


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Not the pilots fault here but this must have cost a few quid to repair.
http://www.reheat.org/forum_viewtopic.php?6.337

 

Presumably a sickening pause when the wheels should have touched,
followed by a grating sound.

 

Suspect it's a plastic fantastic. Bit of cloth, bit of resin, fixed.

As I understand it current military aircraft are mostly composite
and this construction technique is now migrating towards
the airliner manufacturers. [Well, both of them]