lazlo Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Glad it turned out ok. https://www.jbsa.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123357604
WeatherManC130 Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Future C-17 pilots!! But Seriously, glad everyone is safe WxMan
Beaver Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Sweet pic of a Laughlin jet with the article. Sent from my KFTT using Tapatalk HD 1
Kuma Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 So, intentional gear up due to malfunction, or baffoonery gear up due to pilot...well...baffoonery?
hindsight2020 Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Probably some PIT guy finally had enough playing puppet and pushed the envelope of his "stan" character. I hear golfclaps and a Denzel sequel in his future. Joke aside, glad the dudes are ok. A landing you walk away from is a good landing.
Cap-10 Posted July 31, 2013 Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) Last time a Talon landed gear up at CBM (many years ago), it flew the next day....replaced the flaps and speed brakes and it was good to go. Cheers, Cap-10 Edit: I spell goodly. Edited August 1, 2013 by Cap-10
matmacwc Posted July 31, 2013 Posted July 31, 2013 T-38 gear malfunctions are a rarity, I have my opinions. My bets would piss off most of this forum, but RAM and hindsight are getting there.
TarHeelPilot Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 Last time a Talon landed gear up at CBM (many years ago), it flew the next day....replaced the flaps and speed brakes and it was good to go. Cheers, Cap-10 Edit: I spell goodly. I landed on the center runway a few minutes after that intentional gear-up. I was surprised at how quickly it stopped and with very little damage.
matmacwc Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) I landed on the center runway a few minutes after that intentional gear-up. That's an assumption. Hopefully it is, but like I said before, not many gear problems in the T-38. Edited August 1, 2013 by matmacwc 1
TarHeelPilot Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 That's an assumption. Hopefully it is, but like I said before, not many gear problems in the T-38. I was referring to the CBM incident, which was an intentional gear-up.
Dead Last Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) I landed on the center runway a few minutes after that intentional gear-up. I was surprised at how quickly it stopped and with very little damage. How does someone intentionally land gear-up? Still have their wings? What did the CVR record them saying? "Hold my beer and watch this shit?" I saw a tweet do the same with speed break and flaps full land uneventfully, and flew the next day after it was hoisted onto a flatbed... Edited August 1, 2013 by Dead Last
BFM this Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 How does someone intentionally land gear-up? Still have their wings? Uh, probably because the gear malfunction checklist says that all-up is preferable to whatever configuration is available at that point. 8
HercDude Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 How does someone intentionally land gear-up? Still have their wings? If it's the one I am thinking of, the options were land gear up, or land without a tire on the nose gear. Guessing the T.O. recommends the first option.
Toro Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 T-38 gear malfunctions are a rarity, I have my opinions. My bets would piss off most of this forum, but RAM and hindsight are getting there. Not sure what you're basing that on, but they're in the top 3 of our IFEs. How does someone intentionally land gear-up? Still have their wings? If none of the gear come down after alternate extension, you land gear up. If one of the mains won't come down, you land gear up or punch.
matmacwc Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 The 4.5 years I was in instructor in it. I left over 2 years ago though, and it was a different base than you.
Prosuper Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) Saw a T-38 do a GEAR up landing at Tinker, it was doing touch and go's at Will Rogers and one the main landing gear struts departed the aircraft on the runway at KOKC but was able to recover then performed a gear up landing at KTIK. Surprised that this doesn't happen more often, the T-38's landing gear is quite fragile considering how students pound on them everyday. The plane was put on a flat bed truck and trucked back to Vance the next day. Edited August 4, 2013 by Prosuper
FallingOsh Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Saw a T-38 belly up landing at Tinker, I don't think you can still call that a landing. 1
Tonka Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 I don't think you can still call that a landing. Did they walk away?
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